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    A38, Lot 303:

    COLONIAL AMERICA. New Jersey. St. Patrick farthing in silver. 7.63 gm. 25 mm. 117.7 grains. (Also catalogued as Irish coinage in the Spink Standard Catalog of Scotland, Ireland et al). Circa 1670. King David kneeling left, playing a harp, a crown above; FLOREAT : REX / St. Peter standing, holding a metropolitan cross in his left hand and with his outstretched right hand driving out the reptiles, a church behind and to the right; QVIESCAT PLEBS (no punctuation); edge engrailed vertically. Breen 210. W. 11520. Spink SC 6570. D&F 344. Nelson obv. and rev. first dies. Substantial detail, Very Good to Fine; simply well worn, not notably damaged, and with a fair amount of detail remaining; extremely rare; the reverse has faint indication that the piece was struck over another coin issue. The Newman sale by Heritage, January 3, 2008, sold Newman's example for $3360. The dies on that piece are the same as on this piece. The Newman piece was lighter at 99.5 grains and the NGC slab noted "Mount Removed" and assigned a grade of "Fine Details." Breen notes weight fluctuations on this type ranging between 77.8 to 123 grains.

    Red Book note: "Mark Newby…brought copper pieces believed…to have been struck in Dublin circa 1663 to 1672.…The coinage was made legal by the General Assembly of New Jersey in May 1682."

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    E29, Lot 164:

    IRELAND/COLONIAL AMERICA. Voce Populi coinage. Æ halfpenny. 7.4 gm. 28 mm. 96 grains. 1760. Laureate bust right (Square head) / Hibernia seated left; 1760 below. D&F 570. Nelson 2. Zelinka 4-B. Near Extremely Fine; struck on a broad flan; portrait somewhat soft but without the usual roughness; exceptional lustrous surfaces with a glossy milk chocolate patina. Superb example.

    Voce Populi copper halfpenny tokens: a fascinating and enigmatic copper issue from the mid-1700s in Ireland (and Colonial America?) Voce Populi coppers appear in several references on Colonial American coinage: The Official Redbook, A Guidebook of United States Coins 2017; Breen (1988), Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins; Bowers (2009), Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins. Irish references cite them as well: Nelson (1905), The Coinage of Ireland in Copper, Tin and Pewter, 1460-1826; Dowle and Finn (1969), The Guidebook to the Coinage of Ireland From 995 AD to the Present Day. The 2015 Spink Standard Catalog, Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands notes them as "a brief issue of tokens, the 'Voce Populi' series, [that] was produced in Dublin to supply the need for small change" but does not provide a listing of types. They were made by a supplier of buttons to the Irish army, a Mr. Roche of Dublin. Who is shown on the obverse? George II? George III? One of the Jacobite pretenders? The Jacobites were Catholic as were the Irish, so there was sympathy for their cause. The standard reference by Jerry Zelinka was published in the October 1976 issue of The Colonial Newsletter. In addition to background discussion he provides a detailed description of die varieties-12 obverse and 11 reverse-in a listing that is supplemented by a chart showing die combinations. (Unfortunately I am unaware of any reprint of this article.) Did they circulate in Colonial America? Dr. Philip Mossman, authority on American Colonial Coinage and past editor of The Colonial Newsletter who has kindly helped me with background on these pieces, keeps a running total record of pieces found in the US and the Maritimes that could conceivably have come to North America during colonial times. The number is small ("a census of 13, most with a definite east coast recovery history so they well could have arrived as someone's pocket change but not as a shipment"). Ken Bressett, one of the Red Book authors when I asked him at the ANA in Colorado Springs about these pieces in Colonial America, smiled as he suggested no real evidence but no objection if someone felt they should be part of Colonial American numismatic history. That they are fascinating and unusual with a great variety of manufacturing quirks is undebatable.

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    E17, Lot 166:

    SCOTLAND, IRELAND, THE BRITISH WORLD REFERENCE LOT.

    1. Richard Lobel. COINCRAFT'S STANDARD CATALOG OF THE COINS OF SCOTLAND, IRELAND, CHANNEL ISLANDS & ISLE OF MAN. Large format hardcover 1999 publication. 439 pages. Extensive illustrations. A particularly detailed coverage of the series with much information not readily available elsewhere. Fine copy.

    2. Seaby. COINS AND TOKENS OF IRELAND. The first edition, small format, with information not found in any of the subsequent editions. Hardcover. 168 pages. Fine copy. Hard to find.

    3. Seaby. COINS AND TOKENS OF SCOTLAND. Same comments apply. 160 pages. Fine copy.

    4. Harris. A GUIDE BOOK OF MODERN BRITISH COMMONWEALTH COINS. Whitman. 1970. Useful overview. The listing of mintages is particularly useful. Hardcover. 125 pages. Fine copy.

    5. Spink. COINS OF SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND THE ISLANDS. Second edition. 2003. A single volume edition with updated valuations. Hardcover. 219 page. As new.

    6. Robert Friedberg. COINS OF THE BRITISH WORLD COMPLETE FROM 500 A.D. TO THE PRESENT. Extensively illustrated extensive coverage—a single volume reference that was published in 1962 and not reissued. Large format, hardcover, 210 pages. Near Fine copy, minor tears on the dust jacket. Useful historical notes, clear photos.

    7. Bowers and Ruddy (with Spink). February 1976. THE DUNDEE COLLECTION OF SCOTTISH COINS. 347 lots. A major named sale of an exceptional collection that launched a new interest and new price levels for the Scottish coin series. An essential catalog for anyone interested in Scottish coins. With prices realized. Generally fresh copy; the "perfect binding" is letting loose of the pages.
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