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And an Irish one to boot. This is an 1805 Bank of Ireland 5 pence token, similar in thought to the Bank of England tokens issued slightly later in England. Reasonably scarce in uncirculated, but no one collects them so it was very cheap.

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Do you think people don't bother to collect them due to a boring reverse?
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Still, I think these Irish pieces are neat. The fact that they're a little off the beaten path makes them a bit more appealing to me, rather than the opposite.
<< <i>...a great piece. Exactly the kind of thing I would suddenly need to have very badly. >>
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Ireland Bank Token 5 Pence 1806
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These token coins were authorized in 1805 to alleviate the chronic shortage of circulating coins in Ireland. These coins were to be temporary to be replaced by later issues in 1808 and 1815. There are two really nice coins of this era, the George III penny (1805) with the Irish harp on the obverse and George IV penny of 1822. This latter coin was the last Irish coin to bear a portrait of an Irish monarch.
It was nearly 100 years later that Ireland finally had its partial freedom and its own distinct coinage.
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