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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 214

Irish Civil War, James II (1685-1691), 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 16.05g, 12h (Withers Mar89/8; S.6579I), flan flawing to obverse, reverse better, about very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar ., edge chevron milled, 11.93g, 12h (Withers Mar89 2/2; S.6579I), usual die flaws behind bust and through A of MAG, softly struck and with pitting to surfaces, specks of verdigris to reverse, bolder fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar ., edge chevron milled, 12.79g, 12h (cf.Withers Mar89 5/4; S.5679I), softly struck in parts to pitted surfaces, near very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, stop after GRATIA, rev. cursive date, last X re-entered, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 12.37g, 12h (Withers Mar11/12; S.6579I2), pitted in part and scratched to obverse, with darkened fields, fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, with rounded ties, rev. cursive date, reads Mar ., edge chevron milled, 13.02g, 12h (Withers Mar6/5; S.6579I), lightly pitted, otherwise with brown surfaces, very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1689, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar ., edge chevron milled, 14.51g, 12h (Withers Mar89 2/2 S.6579I), lightly pitted, dark brown surfaces, very fine (6)

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



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