George III (1760-1820), Bank of Ireland issues (4), silver Thirty Pence, 1808, harp points to O on reverse, laureate and cuirassed bust right, date below, legend and toothed border surrounding, GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA REX, rev. Hibernia seated left, holding spray of leaves, harp to right with 10 strings, value in two lines in exergue, XXX PENCE / IRISH, legend around, BANK TOKEN, edge grained, weight 12.46g; silver Ten Pence and Five Pence, 1805, similar obverse plain below bust, ten pence obverse with top leaf of laurel under D, rev. six line inscription with date, BANK / TOKEN / TEN or FIVE / PENCE / IRISH / 1805, edge grained, weight 4.16g, 2.08g respectively; silver Ten Pence, 1813, laureate head right, same legend with raised rim, rev. five line inscription and date within wreath of shamrocks, BANK / TOKEN / 10 PENCE / IRISH / 1813, edge plain, weight 3.51g (D&F 619, 621, 626, 624; S.6616A, 6617, 6619, 6618). Generally, all toned, first with some light adjustment marks in hair with flecking as often seen with this issue, good very fine; second extremely fine with flecking, third almost extremely fine, last practically extremely fine. (4)
Provenance:
First, second and fourth coins Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, February 2004, items IM0596, IM0599, IM0600 respectively.
Third coin Ex Mark Rasmussen Numismatist, Coinex 2004.