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[Everything in square brackets, did not appear in the original paper]
[Alas dots, lines etc beneath superscripted o in Co, t in St etc are lost]
By HENRY C. DRURY, M.D., Member.
There has not been a catalogue of the later 19th Century Farthing Tokens of Ireland published, since that of Dr. Aquilla Smith which he compiled over fifty years ago.
Since that time several new pieces & numerous die varieties have been found. It is necessary, then, that these should be recorded, and an attempt is here made to include all those known, and their varieties of dies, in such a manner, that each individual specimen can be recognised, without the necessity of comparing it with another. This list has been compiled from that of Dr. Aquilla Smith, and various MSS. lists in the possession of collectors; also by comparison of the pieces in the collection of The Royal Irish Academy, and in private collections. Full descriptions of all the varieties are given from actual specimens, except Nos. 62 & 70, which are described from "rubbings."
In some cases it is difficult to decide which side should be looked on as the obverse. That side bearing the issuer's name, would be considered by him the most important, even though he had placed upon the other, his Sovereign's bust or other device. This consideration has been adopted as the rule in the following list, even though it varies from the practice of others, who have considered the side bearing the bust of Queen Victoria, as the obverse in all cases - cf. Nos. 106 and 111.
| The following pieces;- | ||
| Macartney, 6 Donegal Place, Belfast; | [3 types] | |
| Robertson, Bros., Corn Market, Belfast; | ||
| Austins, 39 Westmoreland Street, Dublin; | ||
| Henry & James, 82 Dame Street, Dublin; | [2 types] | |
| Gregory Kane, 69 Dame Street, Dublin; | [6+ types] | |
| J. Large, 26 Lincoln Place, Dublin; | [2 types] | |
| Matthew, 38 Upper Sackville Street, Dublin; | [2 types- Mathews (sic)] | |
| J. Mooney, 142 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin; and | ||
| T. Smith, 21 Eden Quay, Dublin; | ||
are not included, as on the authority of Mr. Lionel Fletcher, they must be considered as "trade tickets" or "checks," and not as tokens. In some cases dates of issue have been added in brackets. Those indicated by * are on the authority of the Rev. B. W. Adams, D.D., M.R.I.A., from a paper published by him in the Numismatic Cronicle , Supplt. to N.S. xvii., pp.157-162. In a letter dated 22/6/1876 from Santry Rectory, to John Evans, he says: "The information has, nearly in every instance, been obtained direct from the issuer or their family." Those marked ** are on the authority of the Belfast Museum Catalogue. The addresses of the business houses are given where known, many being taken from articles which appeared anonymously, in The Bazaar, Exchange & Mart of 1886.
I have to acknowledge much help given to me by Mr. Lionel Fletcher, who most kindly sent me many pieces from his own collection for my inspection, and has also supervised this list.
H. C. DRURY,
January, 1919.
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