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1/2 Penny Dublin - Camac Kyan and Camac
| Issuer | Camac Kyan and Camac |
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| Year | 1792-1794 |
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| Engraver(s) | W. Mainwaring |
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| Obverse description | A seated female allegorical figure, representing Hibernia or Commerce, occupies the central field, depicted in classical robes with a harp at her side and a shield bearing heraldic imagery to her right. A second figure appears at lower left in a supplicant or supportive pose. The date 1792 is inscribed in the lower exergue area beneath the central composition. The circular legend reads INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1792, arranged around the full periphery of the obverse in Roman capitals. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Camac, Kyan and Camac were Dublin coal merchants operating out of Rogerson's Quay, and their token was struck during the height of the Irish provincial token boom — a period when the chronic shortage of regal small change forced businesses to issue their own copper coinage simply to conduct daily trade. The British Royal Mint had largely neglected the fractional coinage supply for decades, and Ireland felt that neglect acutely.
Dalton and Hamer's reference places this piece among a dense cluster of Dublin merchant tokens from the same years, several struck by the same contractors in Birmingham.