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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 279

Ireland, George II (1727-1760), Farthings, Type I (4), 1737 (2); 1738 (2), laureate bust left, rev. crowned harp, small lettering, edges plain, 4.16g, 6h; 4.26g, 6h; 4.01g, 6h; 4.39g, 6h (S.6608), two more worn than others, some occasional bruising but otherwise very fine or better (4); and Type II (5), 1744, laureate bust left, rev. crowned harp, large lettering, edges plain, 4.19g, 6h; 4.20g, 6h; 4.35g, 6h; 4.19g, 6h; 4.19g, 6h (S.6609), each worn, some verdigris present, toned, fine to very fine; also Old Head Coinage, Halfpenny, 1760, older laureate bust left, rev. crowned harp, edge plain, 8.57g, 6h (S.6610), slightly softened, small scratch in reverse legend, toned, very fine; and Farthings (4), 1760, similar, edges plain, 3.77g, 6h; 4.28g, 6h; 3.61g, 6h; 4.21g, 6h (S.6611), some contact and pin marks, dark toning, glossy surfaces, very fine, one extremely fine (14)

Provenance

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



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