Ireland 1805 10 pence token

Stack's Bowers 2023 NYINC sale, lot 42347

This specimen was lot 42347 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2023), where it sold for $168. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRELAND. Silver 10 Pence Bank Token, 1805. George III. PCGS AU-58. Struck in Silver." This type was struck 1805-06. It says "BANK TOKEN" but it doesn't specify which bank. We don't know the exchange rate between ten pence Irish and its English equivalent.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: silver.

Catalog reference: S-6617; KM-Tn3.

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]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The January 2023 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Taraszka Collection and the Mark and Dottie Salton Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.

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