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Auction: 7018 - Dr R Ferrari English Crowns, R Wilson Scottish Coins, A Louise Irish Coins, K MacKenzie Ottoman Coins & Other Propertie
Lot: 354

James II, Civil War coinage, 1689-1691, Limerick besieged, 1690-91, Halfpenny (2), Farthing, 1691, laureate and draped bust left, rev. Hibernia seated, leaning on harp, holding cross aloft, the Halfpennies with inverted n, the Farthing with normal n ( DF.486, 488; S.6594, 6596), the first, an attractive example better than the LaRiviere example, very fine, scarce, the others fair (3) Estimate £ 180-220 These coins, often called Limerick Money, were struck over large gunmoney Shillings.

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