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IRELAND - George I (1714-1727)

William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage
This coinage was originally struck by William under Royal Patent at his Bristol foundry for use in Ireland. However, the coinage was deeply unpopular in Ireland due to it's lightweight relative to English issues. Dean Swift (aka Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver's Travels and Dean of  St. Patrick's, Dublin), anonymously penned the 'Drapier's Papers', a series of pamphlets highlighting the inequity of this inferior coinage and aroused public opinion against it. Following a general boycott the coinage was withdrawn and shipped to the American Colonies for use alongside Wood's Rosa America coinage.
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IR1629 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type I, 1722, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, looking left, harp left, , (S.6600), fine, edge squeezed. $85

  

IR1628 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type I, 1722, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, looking left, harp left, , (S.6600), poor. $65

  

IR1627 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145 SOLD
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IR1626 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145 SOLD

      

IR1625 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Farthing, Type III, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6604), good fine. $95
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IR1014 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145

  

IR1007 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145

  

IR1013 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1724, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1724 (continuous), seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), almost very fine. $130
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IR1008 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145

  

IR1009 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145

  

IR1010 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), almost very fine. $105 SOLD
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IR1011 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Halfpenny, Type II, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), very fine. $145

      

IR1012 - IRELAND / U.S. COLONIAL, George I (1714-1727), William Wood's 'Hibernia' Coinage, Copper Farthing, Type III, 1723, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX, laureate head of George right, rev., HIBERNIA 1723, seated figure of Hibernia left, resting arm on harp and holding palm branch, (S.6601), almost very fine. $125 SOLD