½ Penny Wicklow - Cronebane / Miners Arms

½ Penny (Wicklow - Cronebane / Miners Arms) - obverse½ Penny (Wicklow - Cronebane / Miners Arms) - reverse

Obverse © Christopher O. Blackington – Reverse © Christopher O. Blackington (CC BY)

Features

Issuer Ireland
Type Token
Years 1787-1797
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Conder Tokens (1787-1797)
Composition Copper
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
139496
References DH# 39
Richard Dalton, Samuel H. Hamer ; 1918. The Provincial Token-Coinage of the 18th Century. Davisson's Ltd., London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

A bishop's head facing right, and a crosier tied with a bow of ribbon, the end of the upper ribbon pointing between the foot of the Y and the period after the legend.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CRONEBANE HALFPENNY.

Reverse

Shield of arms, crest a windlass.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS

Edge

Lettered.
Variable (see comments below).

Comments

From Dalton and Hamer (1910):

"The tokens with the legend 'Associated Irish Miners Arms' are very probably counterfeits. […]

The obverse of the genuine tokens represents St. Patrick, a native of Scotland, but the patron saint of Ireland, who died in 493. The reverse, a crest and shield of arms, which, by the legend, may be regarded as the Arms of the Company."

Patterson (1902) describes the arms on the reverse as "Vert on a chevron argent, between two shovels, in saltire chief, and a bugle-horn in base, three pickaxes; crest, a windlass."

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1787-1797)  65% DH# 39. Edge inscription reads PAYABLE AT DUBLIN CORK OR BELFAST . X X .
ND (1787-1797)  12% DH# 39a. Edge inscription reads PAYABLE IN ANGLESEY LONDON OR LIVERPOOL
ND (1787-1797)  0% DH# 39b. Edge inscription reads PAYABLE IN HULL AND LONDON
ND (1787-1797)  0% DH# 39c. Edge inscription reads PAYABLE AT LONDON LIVERPOOL OR BRISTOL
ND (1787-1797)  0% DH# 39d. Edge inscription reads PAYABLE AT LONDON CORK OR BELFAST
ND (1787-1797)  24% DH# 39e. Edge plain (not in collar)

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Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Penny (Wicklow - Cronebane / Miners Arms)
Katz
Auction 86
Lot 768
Internet Archive
10 Jun 2023 Undetermined USD 18.35
(EUR 17.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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