Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 3359 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $1,500
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SOLD $1,500
IRELAND, proof Bank of Ireland six Shillings, 1804, obv. laureate draped bust of George III right, by Kuchler, stop after REX, top leaf points to the centre of E in DEI, rev. Hibernia seated, (S.6615). Nearly uncirculated, brilliant fields with minor surface marks and with a patchy pastel tone, rare.
Ex Spink & Son, London with their ticket. In 1804 the Bank of Ireland had small quantities of Spanish and Spanish American eight Reales or Dollars. These were overstruck as six shillings bank tokens. The Bank of England had similar coins, but in larger numbers which were struck into Five Shilling tokens. The Ireland silver was struck at a premium and produced at Matthew Boulton’s private mint at Soho in Birmingham.
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Lot 3357
IRELAND, William & Mary, halfpenny, 1693 (S.6597). Minor pitting, otherwise very fine and scarce. ...
Estimate $150
Lot 3358
IRELAND, George III, proof on a thick flan, halfpenny 1775, struck en medaille, 10.89 grams, ...
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Lot 3359 This lot
IRELAND, proof Bank of Ireland six Shillings, 1804, obv. laureate draped bust of George III ...
Estimate $1,500
Lot 3360
IRELAND, George III, Bank of Ireland, silver six shillings, 1804 (S.6615). Old damage in right ...
Estimate $300
Lot 3361
IRELAND, George III Bank token ten pence 1813 (S.6618). Extremely fine.
Estimate $100