Description
Ireland, Dublin, Copper Halfpenny Trade Token, 1792, obverse: seated figure of Hibernia left (the Latin name for “Ireland”), INCORPOATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, harp with eight strings, top of head under C of ACT, top of harp to stem of R of PARLIAMENT, RP of INCORPOATED touch, IAME of PARLIAMENT touch, C’s and O’s larger, reverse: H M Co. cypher, CAMAC KYAN AND CAMAC HALFPENNY, inverted cypher, AN of KYAN touch, MA of second CAMAC touch, NY of HALFPENNY touch, edge plain, diam. 27mm (Dalton & Hamer “The Provincial Token Coinage of the 18th Century” 124).
Struck on a damaged planchet, otherwise nearly fine for issue and exceptionally rare.
Ex Baldwin’s Basement Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 102, September 2016, lot 2725
