Coin
½ Crown "Inchiquin Money" Siege of Dublin (1642) — Ireland
Ireland • 1642 • Sp# 6533, KM# 40
Overview
A silver ½ Crown from Ireland, issued during the Great Rebellion (1642) as emergency coinage known as "Inchiquin Money" from the Siege of Dublin. Struck by a hammered technique on an irregular octagonal planchet. Both obverse and reverse display the coin's intended weight, '9 pennyweight, 16 grains', within a beaded border.
Specifications
- Country
- Ireland
- Year
- 1642
- Composition
- Silver
- Weight
- 14.31 g
- Diameter
- 26 mm
- Shape
- Octagonal (8-sided, irregular)
- Technique
- Hammered
- References
- Sp# 6533, KM# 40
- Issuer
- Ireland
Design details
Obverse
Weight in two parts, left-to-right, within thin circle inside beaded border Script: Latin (cursive) Lettering: dw ... gr 9 : 16 Translation: 9 pennyweight, 16 grains
Reverse
Weight in two parts, left-to-right, within thin circle inside beaded border Script: Latin (cursive) Lettering: dw ... gr 9 : 16 Translation: 9 pennyweight, 16 grains
Collector insights
- Series context: Part of the Emergency coinage › Siege coins series — collectors typically assemble full-year date runs, so single years within an established series carry demand beyond raw mintage.
- Precious metal content: Silver — bullion value provides a price floor, and many circulated examples were melted during the 1979–1980 and post-2010 silver spikes, reducing the surviving population.
- Catalogue reference: Listed as
Sp# 6533, KM# 40. Use this reference code when cross-checking auction archives, dealer inventories, and standard printed catalogues.
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