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1/2 Farthing 'Patrick' - Edward IV
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1460-1462 |
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| Value | 1/2 Farthing (1⁄1920) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1460-1462) - Variants Exist, See Comments |
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Edward IV's Irish copper issues of the early 1460s were struck under conditions of severe monetary disorder — English silver had largely fled Ireland, and the Dublin administration was scrambling to provide any workable small denomination for local trade. The "Patrick" halfpenny and its fractional relatives take their collector name from the Saint Patrick's cross reverse, though the series is poorly documented in contemporary mint records and attribution between issues remains genuinely contested among specialists.
Spink 6399 is among the scarcer fractions of this already thin series. Die workmanship was rough even by the standards of the period.