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Kilkenny - Castlecomer Colliery Counterstamped 5 Shillings and 5 Pence Token ND (c. 1804-1806) XF40 NGC, KM145.4 (Rare), Manville-108. Displaying a PAYABLE AT CASTLE COMER COLLIERY 5//5 counterstamp (AU Strong) upon a Charles IV 8 Reales 1804 Mo-TH (KM109). A highly scarce issue with less than a handful of appearances in major auctions in the last 20 years. The Castle Comer colliery was managed by Anne, Countess of Ormonde, patron of the nearby village of Castle Comer, where she leased the operation of the local coal mines to entrepreneurs. Manville writes that, in 1855, it was reported: "about forty years ago Anne, not wishing to lose by the depreciated value of Spanish Dollars, of which she had at that time a large number, caused all she had to be stamped with the legend, 'Castle Comer Colliery, 5 shillings and five Pence.' Coals to that amount being given for them at the pits, Kilkenny traders used to take them in exchange for their commodities, knowing that they could give them afterwards to Colliers in payment for coals". Very few of these countermarked coins survived our days, most of them showing a broken punch where the word "Castle" was mostly flat on the stamps. The present offering bears a bold stamp, with all nuances matching the early die of Type I plated in Manville, with fully engraved legends all dressed in an old tone. The sole piece graded by NGC and likely one of the finest in existence. A seldom opportunity to acquire such an elusive, early Irish issue.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ireland/ireland-kilkenny-castlecomer-colliery-counterstamped-5-shillings-and-5-pence-token-nd-c-1804-1806-xf40-ngc-/a/3107-30154.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3107-05032023
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD
Kilkenny - Castlecomer Colliery Counterstamped 5 Shillings and 5 Pence Token ND (c. 1804-1806) XF40 NGC, KM145.4 (Rare), Manville-108. Displaying a PAYABLE AT CASTLE COMER COLLIERY 5//5 counterstamp (AU Strong) upon a Charles IV 8 Reales 1804 Mo-TH (KM109). A highly scarce issue with less than a handful of appearances in major auctions in the last 20 years. The Castle Comer colliery was managed by Anne, Countess of Ormonde, patron of the nearby village of Castle Comer, where she leased the operation of the local coal mines to entrepreneurs. Manville writes that, in 1855, it was reported: "about forty years ago Anne, not wishing to lose by the depreciated value of Spanish Dollars, of which she had at that time a large number, caused all she had to be stamped with the legend, 'Castle Comer Colliery, 5 shillings and five Pence.' Coals to that amount being given for them at the pits, Kilkenny traders used to take them in exchange for their commodities, knowing that they could give them afterwards to Colliers in payment for coals". Very few of these countermarked coins survived our days, most of them showing a broken punch where the word "Castle" was mostly flat on the stamps. The present offering bears a bold stamp, with all nuances matching the early die of Type I plated in Manville, with fully engraved legends all dressed in an old tone. The sole piece graded by NGC and likely one of the finest in existence. A seldom opportunity to acquire such an elusive, early Irish issue.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ireland/ireland-kilkenny-castlecomer-colliery-counterstamped-5-shillings-and-5-pence-token-nd-c-1804-1806-xf40-ngc-/a/3107-30154.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3107-05032023
HID02906262019
© 2022 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 8000-12000 USD