Token
½ Penny Associated Irish Miners (1789) — Ireland
Ireland • 1789
Overview
A bronze ½ Penny merchant token from Ireland, issued in 1789. The obverse features a bishop's bust with the lettering 'CRONEBANE HALFPENNY'. The reverse displays a coat of arms surrounded by the inscription 'ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS 1789'. It weighs 9.40 grams and has a diameter of 30 mm.
Specifications
- Country
- Ireland
- Year
- 1789
- Composition
- Bronze
- Weight
- 9.4 g
- Diameter
- 30 mm
- Thickness
- 2 mm
- Shape
- Round
- Issuer
- Ireland
Design details
Obverse
Bishop Script: Latin Lettering: CRONEBANE HALFPENNY
Reverse
Coat of arms Script: Latin Lettering: ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS 1789
Collector insights
- Series context: Part of the Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens series — collectors typically assemble full-year date runs, so single years within an established series carry demand beyond raw mintage.
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