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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 280

Ireland, George III (1760-1820), London Coinage, Halfpennies, Type I (2), 1766, laureate bust right, rev. crowned harp, edges plain, 7.83g, 6h; 8.04g, 6h; 6h; 7.32g, 6h (S.6612), one heavily worn with flattened portrait, the other with pleasing surfaces and flashy blue tones in recesses, fine to very fine; and Type II (2), 1769, laureate bust right, rev. crowned harp, edges plain, 8.92g, 6h; 8.02g, 6h (S.6613), one more worn than the other, some green deposit remains, otherwise fine to very fine; and Type III (7), 1775 (2); 1776 (2); 1781; 1782 (2), laureate bust right, rev. crowned harp, edges plain, 8.99g, 6h; 8.63g, 6h; 8.62g, 6h; 8.18g, 6h; 7.25g, 6h; 8.84g, 6h; 9.03g, 6h; 8.72g, 6h (S.6614), various levels of wear, occasional verdigris present, fine to good very fine (12)

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



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