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Irish Tradesmens' Tokens
Macalister, R.A.S. A CATALOGUE OF THE IRISH TRADERS' TOKENS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. Dublin, 1931. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume XL, Section C, No. 2. Large 8vo, recent green linen, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. (19)–186 pages, complete. Early ownership notation on front paper cover; upper corner of pages bumped. Near fine, in a new binding. Important and scarce. The nucleus of the token collection of the Royal Irish Academy, spanning the 17th to 19th centuries, was the collection of the great Irish numismatist Dr. Aquilla Smith. Especially important for Macalister's detailed descriptions of the 17th-century tokens, for which the Williamson/Boyne descriptions are frequently insufficient.
Macalister, R.A.S. A CATALOGUE OF THE IRISH TRADERS' TOKENS IN THE COLLECTION OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY. Dublin, 1931. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Volume XL, Section C, No. 2. Large 8vo, recent green linen, gilt; original printed paper covers bound in. (19)–186 pages, complete. Early ownership notation on front paper cover; upper corner of pages bumped. Near fine, in a new binding. Important and scarce. The nucleus of the token collection of the Royal Irish Academy, spanning the 17th to 19th centuries, was the collection of the great Irish numismatist Dr. Aquilla Smith. Especially important for Macalister's detailed descriptions of the 17th-century tokens, for which the Williamson/Boyne descriptions are frequently insufficient.