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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 269

Ireland, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's Coinage, Halfpennies (9), Type II, 1722 (1); 1723 (8) laureate bust right, rev. Hibernia seated facing, leaning on harp and holding branch, 6.42g, 6h; 6.96g, 6h; 6.91g, 6h; 7.73g, 6h; 7.14g, 6h; 7.58g, 6h; 7.96g, 6h; 7.76g, 6h; 7.48g, 6h, edges plain (S.6601), one 1723 struck from a heavily rusted obverse die, hairlines to reverse, various levels of wear, one with intense flan stress and pitting, generally fine to very fine (9)

Provenance

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



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