Ireland (1643-44) 1/2 crown S-6545
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This specimen was lot 24125 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2018), where it sold for $660. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. "Ormonde" 1/2 Crown, ND (1643-44). Charles I (1625-49). PCGS EF-40 Secure Holder. Lords Justices coinage from the Great Rebellion. Uneven strike, toned. From the Brighton Collection." The Earl of Ormonde, as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, issued crowns, half crowns (shown here), shillings, sixpences, groats, threepences and halfgroats on behalf of the doomed Charles I. The crowns are the best known but none are common.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: silver.
Catalog reference: S-6545; KM-61.
- 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.
Links to:
- Ireland (1625-44) farthing S-6526
- Kilkenny (1642-43) 1/2 crown, Confederate Catholics
- Ireland (1642) shilling, Inchiquin Money
- Ireland (1642) half crown, Inchiquin Money
- Ireland (1642) crown Dav-3790, Inchiquin Money
- (1643-44) tuppence, Ormonde
- (1643-44) threepence, Ormonde
- (1643-44) groat, Ormonde
- (1643-44) sixpence, Ormonde
- (1643-44) shilling, Ormonde
- (1643-44) crown, Ormonde
- Kilkenny (1643-44) crown, Confederate Catholics
- Coins and currency dated 1643
- return to coins of Ireland