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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 213

Irish Civil War, James II (1685-1691), 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, February 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Feb :, closed loop b, edge chevron milled, 14.66g, 12h (Withers Feb15/18; S.6579H), softly struck and pitted, fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, February 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Feb :, closed loop b, edge chevron milled, 14.58g, 12h (Withers Feb3/4; S.6579H), lightly pitted and with some verdigris, otherwise very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, February 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Feb :, closed loop b, edge chevron milled, 14.03g, 12h (Withers Feb11/13; S.6579H), lightly pitted surfaces and with verdrigris in parts, pleasingly struck to legends, very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, February 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Feb :, closed loop b, edge chevron milled, 15.96g, 12h (Withers Feb5/6; S.6579H), struck slightly off-centre, with verdigris, very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, February 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Feb ., closed loop b, edge chevron milled, 14.87g, 12h (Withers -; S.6579H2), struck on irregular flan, with verdigris, about very fine, unlisted in Withers (5)

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The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins



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