Ireland 1805 penny

from the Stack's Bowers 2017 Collector's Choice sale, lot 72480

British issues for Ireland in the nineteenth century were erratic and sparse. The only ones that can be called common are the half pennies and pennies of 1805 and the farthings of 1806. These were later restruck in silver, gold, gilt copper and bronzed copper. These were produced by Boulton and Watt under contract. This specimen was lot 72480 in Stack's Bowers Collectors Choice Online Auction (Santa Ana, CA, May 2017), where it sold for $540.50. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRELAND. Penny, 1805. PCGS PROOF-64. Bronzed with engrailed edge. Sharply struck with attractive chocolate brown surfaces."

Recorded mintage: unknown but common.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-148.1; S-6620.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1801-1900, 9th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• 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, Rick, et al., The May 2017 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2017.

Link to:

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