1 Penny - Wellington and Erin Go Bragh

Features

Issuer	Ireland
Type	Emergency coinage › Merchant tokens
Year	1816
Currency	Second Irish Pound (1460-1826)
Composition	Miedź
Weight	17.02 g
Diameter	34 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 227394
References	Davis# 28 William John Davis; 1904. The Nineteenth Century Token Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man: To which are added tokens of over one penny value of any period. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.

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Obverse

(en) Laureate and draped bust left of Wellington. Engraver's name on truncation

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
WELLINGTON & ERIN GO BRAGH
I PARKES F

Engraver: Isaac Parkes

Reverse

(en) A central crowned ornamental harp with nine strings

Script: łaciński

Lettering:
EDWD. STEPHENS
1816

Engraver: Isaac Parkes

Edge

(en) Centre grained /////

Comments

(en) Catalogues may be: Davis 30, Withers 1879
There are eight varieties for this 1816 token
The Duke of Wellington was Arthur Richard Wellesley

Closer image of engraver's name:

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
1816

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