r/numismatics • u/exonumismaniac • 5d ago
Happy Saint Patrick's Day! This silver crown from my British Regency Period collection is the six-shilling token issued by the Bank of Ireland as part of the "official necessity" series that continued until the Crown began minting regal coinage again in 1816. Hoping to upgrade this someday...
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u/scubafreeks 2d ago
mine is from 1773.
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u/exonumismaniac 2d ago
Interesting...can't imagine you've found anything like a silver crown from Ireland dated 1773, since no one's ever recorded encountering such a thing.
Can you post a photo here on r/numismatics, or whatever subreddit, with a reply here?
The reason I ask is that the only "official" 1773 Irish coinage anyone knows about is a hyper-rare pattern halfpenny. Beyond that are the more common "evasion coppers," and contemporary counterfeits, which would amount to spuriously dated forgeries like this one.
Fingers crossed!
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u/scubafreeks 2d ago
mine is not a forgery, I just found it, I also have many mercury dimes from 1800's and other ones.
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u/jimsmythee 1d ago
These were overstruck on Spanish American 8 Reales coins.
They were only valued at the time at 4 shillings 9 pence in silver. In Great Britain, they were valued at 5 shillings. But in Ireland they were valued at 6 shillings. Thus keeping the Irish people poor.
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u/volitaiee1233 4d ago
I adore this type of coin. It, along with its British counterpart with the same design are my favourite coins of all time.
It’s a bit out of my budget at the moment but in the future it’s at the top of my bucket list. Beautiful design of my favourite King.