Ireland (1642) shilling
This specimen was lot 33238 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2025), where it sold for $4,080. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Shilling, ND (1642). Inchiquin Money. Lords Justices Coinage. Charles I. PCGS VF-35. A VERY RARE denomination of this emergency coinage struck during the Great Rebellion (1641-42) using makeshift planchets cut from pieces of flattened silver plate. The stamps (denoting the weight of 3 pennyweight, 21 grains) exhibit some typical portions of strike weakness, but the struck details retain admirable sharpness and there are no major surface issues of note. From the Richard August Collection." 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 along with crowns and half crowns. Hampered by lack of money and arms, Inchiquin was never able to accomplish anything decisive.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3 dwt, 21 gr (6.03 g), silver, this specimen 5.87 g.
Catalog reference: S-6534; DF-279, KM 38.
- 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.
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