Ireland (1642-43) 1/2 penny S-6555

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from the Stack's Bowers 2018 NYINC sale, lot 24127
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This specimen was lot 24127 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $2,280. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Kilkenny 1/2 Penny, ND (1642-43). Charles I (1625-49). PCGS AU-50 Secure Holder. The great Rebellion. Confederate Catholics, Kilkenny issue. Exceptional for this normally very crude issue. Good strike showing considerable detail, nice even chocolate brown patina and quite attractive. From the Brighton Collection. Ex: Spink, Numismatic Circular, May 1970." Wikipedia comments,

"Confederate Ireland, also referred to as the Irish Catholic Confederation, was a period of Irish Catholic self-government between 1642 and 1652, during the Eleven Years' War. Formed by Catholic aristocrats, landed gentry, clergy and military leaders after the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Confederates controlled up to two-thirds of Ireland from their base in Kilkenny; hence it is sometimes called the Confederation of Kilkenny. The Confederates included Catholics of Gaelic and Anglo-Norman descent. They wanted an end to anti-Catholic discrimination within the Kingdom of Ireland and greater Irish self-governance; many also wanted to roll back the plantations of Ireland. Most Confederates professed loyalty to Charles I of England in the belief they could reach a lasting settlement in return for helping defeat his opponents in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It minted coins, levied taxes and set up a printing press."

The Cromwellian conquest of 1649-50 destroyed the Confederates and the remnants of Catholic power in Ireland.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: 4.86 g, bronze.

Catalog reference: S-6555; KM 49.

Source:

  • 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]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio, John Kraljevich and Cris Chatigny, The January 2018 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Eldorado Collection of Colombian and Ecuadorian Coins, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

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