Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Co ARMAGH, Armagh, Armagh Flax Spinning Mill, Halfcrowns, 1866 (3), zinc (2) and lead, latter with plain edge, copper Penny, 1866, edge grained, all 33mm (Woodside AR V7, V7a, V10; W 2465; D & W 335/2; cf. 'Dublinia' 483); Drumcarine, Drumcarine Stores, brass 2 [Pence], 22mm (Woodside AR V17, this piece; W 2484) [5]. Last two very fine, Drumcarine pierced, others in varied state £100-£150
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Provenance: First Sotheby Auction, 1-2 October 1987, lot 399 (part); second and third bt Baldwin 1993; fourth bt S. Byrne 1987; last bt E. Szauer 1993