Coin
½ Penny Hibernicus (1820) — Ireland
Ireland • 1820 • Withers# 2000, Davis# 68
Overview
A ½ Penny - Hibernicus token from 1820.
Specifications
- Country
- Ireland
- Year
- 1820
- Composition
- Copper
- Weight
- 7.9 g
- Diameter
- 28 mm
- Mint
- Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date)
- Shape
- Round
- Technique
- Milled
- References
- Withers# 2000, Davis# 68
- Issuer
- Ireland
Design details
Obverse
A large laureate bust to right, with the lettering 'HALFPENNY TOKEN'.
Reverse
Hibernia seated to left, supporting a harp of eight strings, with the lettering 'HIBERNICUS' and the date '1820' in the exergue.
Collector insights
- Design heritage: Isaac Parkes is credited as the designer for the Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens series. Designer attribution helps distinguish this issue from later restrikes or unofficial copies that reuse only the motif.
- Struck at: Kremnica, Slovakia (1328-date). Confirm the mintmark on your example before comparing prices — same-year issues from different mints often trade at very different levels.
- Catalogue reference: Listed as
Withers# 2000, Davis# 68. Use this reference code when cross-checking auction archives, dealer inventories, and standard printed catalogues.
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