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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 215

Irish Civil War, James II (1685-1691), 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 11.58g, 12h (Withers Mar90 9/10; S.6579J), heavily pitted and softly struck, fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 13.02g, 12h (Withers Mar90 9/10; S.6579J), pitted and struck from worn dies, fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, with rounded ties, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 11.80g, 12h (Withers Mar90 6/7; S.6579J), scratch through cheek and with spots of verdigris, bolder fine; 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 15.56g, 12h (Withers Mar90 5/6; S.6579J), lightly pitted to dark brown surfaces, a mostly pleasing strike, very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, g, 12h (Withers Mar90 8/9; S.6579J), struck from very worn dies, pitted, fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 16.03g, 12h (Withers Mar89 11/1; S.6579J), softly struck to the reverse and with some deposits to pitted surfaces, about very fine; another, 'Gunmoney' Large Halfcrown, March 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads Mar :, edge chevron milled, 14.03g, 12h (Withers Mar90 8/9; S.6579J), wiped and discoloured in parts, x scratched to neck, fine (7)

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



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