1723 1/2P Hibernia - Star Before Date Martin 4.107-E.1
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- Price realized
- $6,600
- Sold
- Grade
- VF35BN
- Auction house
- Stack's Bowers
Description
This 1723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny features a small star or asterisk punched into the die before the date, a distinctive die marker catalogued as Martin 4.107-E.1 in John Martin's comprehensive reference on Wood's coinage. William Wood bought the patent to coin halfpence and farthings for Ireland from the Duchess of Kendal in 1722; it allowed 360 tons over 14 years at 30 pence to the pound, so 60 halfpence weighed a pound. The coins are dated 1722 to 1724 and show George I on the obverse and Hibernia seated with a harp on the reverse. Protest in Ireland, sharpened by Jonathan Swift's Drapier's Letters, led to the recall of the coinage, and how the pieces reached America is not documented. Martin numbers this die pair 4.107-E.1. Cataloged as PCGS #920854.
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Martin 4.107-E.1
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