Unofficial Farthings from the Geoffrey Kay Collection

Co Cork, Cloyne, R. Swanton (UFS 5630); Cork, J. Arnott & Co (UFS 5670), E. Cleburne (UFS 5710), William Fitzgibbon & Co (2, one dated 1835) (UFS 5730, 5740), Denis Hegarty (2, one die different) (both UFS 5750), Joseph Helen (UFS 5760), J. McCarthy (UFS 5800), E.D. Mahony (UFS 5790), Ogilvie & Bird (UFS 5840), W. Reardon (UFS 5850), M.W. Rogers (UFS 5870), William Seymour (UFS 5880), Tyler’s Boots, 1902; Cove, Swanton & Co (UFS 5910); Macroom, J. Welply (2, one dated 1845) (UFS 6630, 6640); Mallow, Robert Evans, 1847 (UFS 6650); Mitchelstown, Dennis Mahony (UFS 6660); Queenstown [Cobh], Swanton & Co (UFS 6710); Skibbereen, G.J. Levis (UFS 6740), P. Vickery (UFS 6750), Samuel Vickery (UFS 6760) [24]. Generally fine to very fine, some rare; an excellent county group with all the issuing localities represented (£200-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Unofficial Farthings from the Geoffrey Kay Collection.

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Provenance:
UFS 6640 A.E.J. Went Collection