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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 221

Irish Civil War, James II (1685-1691), 'Gunmoney', 'Small' Halfcrown, May 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads May ., edge milled, 9.93g, 12h (Withers May1/39; S.6580B), lightly pitted surfaces and with some green deposits, about very fine; 'Small' Halfcrown, May 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads May, edge chevron milled, 8.66g, 12h (Withers May16/16; S.6580B), hairline flaw to obverse field, a uniform and pleasing strike, very fine, superior than the Wither's example; 'Gunmoney', 'Small' Halfcrown, May 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads May, edge milled, 8.80g, 12h (Withers May13/12; S.6580B), struck from lightly worn dies, about very fine; 'Gunmoney', 'Small' Halfcrown, May 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads May, edge milled, 10.12g, 12h (Withers May21/22; S.), pitted and discoloured in parts, bolder fine; another, edge milled, 8.37g, 12h (Withers May8/8; S.), struck from worn dies, fine; another, edge milled, 8.17g, 12h (Withers May15/17; S.), struck of irregular flan, fine; another, edge milled, 10.03g, 12h (Withers May21/22; S.), some excess metal to the edge and lightly pitted, about very fine; another, edge milled, 9.33g, 12h (Withers May22/23; S.), struck from heavily worn dies, fair; another, 'Gunmoney', 'Small' Halfcrown, May 1690, Dublin, laureate and draped bust left, rev. cursive date, reads May ., edge milled, 10.12g, 12h (Withers May30/34; S.), soft to the portrait and with verdigris in parts, fine; another, edge milled, 10.41g, 12h (Withers May28/31; S.), cleaned, some spots of verdigris, about very fine; another, edge milled, 9.92g, 12h (Withers May38/44; S.), usual reverse hairline die flaw, struck from worn dies, fine; another, edge milled, 8.11g, 12h (Withers May1/39; S.), spot of verdigris to obverse, soft strike, bold fine (12)

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



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£480

Starting price
£280