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Auction: 25021 - The Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage
Lot: 310

Ireland, Voce Populi, Copper Halfpenny, 1760, laureate bust right, rev. Hibernia on harp, two annulets on harp, eight strings, plain edge, 6.77g, 6h (DF 565; Nelson 1; Zelinka 1-A; KM Tn22), portrait rather flattened, as are details to the reverse, otherwise toned, very fine, rare, one of only 13-30

Provenance

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

With ticket, which reads 'RRR, probably a pattern. Very few known. No sales traced since early 1970's / most specimens are well worn. Missing from major collections'


Nelson wrote that this variety was unpublished before 1905. Authors Dawle & Finn (1969) wrote that this design may be a pattern. Largest planchet of the series.

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£140