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EXAMPLE:
St. Patrick or Mark Newby Coinage. This is a rare old Irish coin -
St. Patrick Farthing - with interesting connections to the United
States. The brass insert at the crown is visible. Mark Newby, who
came from Dublin, Ireland, to New Jersey, in November 1681, brought
some halfpenny pieces believed by numismatists to have been struck
in Dublin in 1678. These were called St. Patrick Halfpence.
The coin received wide currency in the New Jersey Province, having
been authorized to pass as legal tender by the General Assembly in
May 1682.
These have a brass insert at the crown so that when the coin was struck
it would appear as though it were a golden crown. On some pieces this
insert has been removed or does not show.
The obverses show a crowned king kneeling playing a harp. The legent
FLOREAT REX (May the King prosper) is separated by a crown. The reverse
side shows St. Patrick driving away reptiles and serpents, as he holds
a Metropolitan cross in his left hand. The legend is QUIESCAT BLEBS
(May the people be at ease).
EXAMPLE:
Irish Army Bronze Medal 1939-1946. Signed Laurence Campbell R.H.A.
(1911-1964) Dublin Artist and Sculptor. This well-known Irish artist's
works are all over Ireland - for example, the 'St. Anthony and Child'
marble at the Adam and Eve church Dublin and the 'St. Luke' at the
county hospital Kilkenny.
From 1930 to 1955 Campbell showed over 100 works at the Royal Hibernian
Academy.
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