Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 277
Ireland, George II (1727-1760), Proof Silver Farthing, Type I, 1737, laureate bust left, rev. crowned harp, small lettering, edge plain, 4.70g, 6h (DF 559; S.6608), struck in fine silver .999, some scratches to the edge and contact marks upon the neck, otherwise with a handsome blue tone to residually brilliant fields, extremely fine and very rare
Provenance
The John Noel Simpson Collection of English, Irish and Hiberno-Norse Coins
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Sold for
£1,200
Starting price
£550