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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 298

Ireland, Dublin, James Maculla, Penny, 1729, legend in 8 lines, rev. legend in 7 lines, edge plain, 16.70g, 12h (D 51; Seaby TC1), with usual overstrike of value, soft in parts, very fine for type; another, Penny, 1731, Justice standing holding sword and scales, rev. fleur-de-lis, edge plain, 12.88g, 9h (D52; Seaby TC2), with usual die flaw, very good fine; Halfpenny, 1729, legend in 8 lines, rev. legend in 7 lines, edge plain, 8.76g, 12h (D 59; Seaby TC5), soft to edges, about very fine for type; and, Halfpenny, 1731, Justice standing holding sword and scales, rev. fleur-de-lis, edge plain, 9.63g, 6h (D.60; Seaby TC6), usual die flaw, fine (4)

Provenance

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



Following the public outcry over William Wood's coinage of 1722-1724, James Maculla, a Dublin brazier, proposed a plan to issue penny and halfpenny tokens which he undertook to sell at 2/- per pound avoirdupois and to redeem on demand in cash or notes at 1s 8d per pound. Dean Swift would not support the plan as he considered copper tokens should contain their full intrinsic value of metal, but his own counter-proposals were not taken up and James Maculla went ahead with his tokens in 1728.

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Sold for
£2,600

Starting price
£140