Cork 1647 shilling
This specimen was lot 33242 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $9,000. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Shilling, 1647. Southern Cities of Refuge. Cork Mint. Charles I. PCGS VF-35. An octagonal emergency issue produced during under Murrough O'Brien, 6th Baron & Lord Inchiquin, in [be]sieged Cork in May 1647, as part of the Irish Confederate Wars. EXTREMELY RARE in this denomination, and especially so in the present state, with much original detail remaining and impressive sharpness to the legends. Highly desirable and well within the upper echelons of condition among the surviving examples. From the Richard August Collection. Ex: Stack's (5/1995) Lot #2702." Murrough MacDermod O'Brien, 6th baron and later first earl of Inchiquin (1614-74), was a Protestant nobleman who supported first Charles I and then Parliament during the English Civil War as better able to help the Protestant cause in Ireland. This shilling was issued in support of Charles I and was accompanied by a sixpence. Hampered by lack of money and arms, Inchiquin was never able to accomplish anything decisive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 4.41 g, silver, this specimen 4.68 g.
Catalog reference: S-6561; DF-328; KM 81.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
- Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2025 NYINC Showcase Auction, featuring the Richard Margolis Collection, Part III, and the Richard August Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2024.
Link to:
- Ireland (1642) shilling, Inchiquin Money
- (1643-44) shilling, Ormonde
- Cork 1647 6 pence, Inchiquin Money
- (1649) crown, Ormonde
- Coins and currency dated 1647