My Contribution To The St. Patrick's Day Festivities At CCF

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daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 03/17/2022 7:06 pm Of all my 100+ types and varieties of Irish tokens from the 1811-1820 period, this non-local halfpenny seems most appropriate for our St. Patrick's Day celebration as it features The Man himself. Around his draped bust on the obverse is the legend "St PATRICK APOS 432," which refers to the year he is said to have arrived in Ireland (from England) to begin his apostolic mission of converting all the polytheist Celts there to Catholicism. These are usually found struck over an 1813-dated merchant halfpenny, so the date under the harp on the reverse is generally regarded as an attempt to resemble-without-counterfeiting the 1805 regal issues in that denomination. I'll post my leprechaun token from the same era in the Canadian tokens forum, as it circulated there. Happy St. Patrick's Day to all! Tom Withers 2017, 28mm, 8.7g. (My apologies for the weird imaging! I snapped one with my iPhone and the other is from my flatbed scanner. Don't ask.) "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff

tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7934 Posts	Posted 03/18/2022 11:55 pm No crozier? No halo? Report this Post to the Staff
daltonista Pillar of the Community United States 1058 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 10:52 am That would be the New Jersey version, tdziemia, shipped off to the colonies and made legal for circulation in 1682. Aside from the legend, the only ecclesiastical reference the Irish got on their token was the crucifix around St. Patrick's neck. Here's a PCGS shot of the more "religious" St. Patrick's token: "If everything seems to be under control, you're just not going fast enough." --- Mario Andretti Report this Post to the Staff
tdziemia Pillar of the Community United States 7934 Posts	Posted 03/19/2022 12:32 pm If there were any item with an image of St. Patrick that was accepted as legal tender in the colonies, that might make it one of the few circulating coins here with a religious image. The ENglish, Spanish, French and Dutch did not have much in the way of religious images on their coins by the 17th/18t century as best I remember. Report this Post to the Staff
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