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1/2 Penny - Edward I Second coinage, Class I, Waterford
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1279-1284 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A long cross pattée extending to the coin's edge divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a trefoil of pellets — a design feature distinctive to the Irish coinage of Edward I. A beaded inner circle frames the central motif, with the mint name legend occupying the outer field. The lettering is rendered in uncial characters and names the city of Waterford as the place of issue. The overall execution is consistent with the hammered technique and irregular flan typical of late thirteenth-century Irish halfpennies. |
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| Mintage | ND (1279-1284) |
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Edward I's Irish coinage reform of 1279 was a deliberate administrative imposition — a standardized currency replacing the degraded and clipped coinages that had circulated since the reign of John. Waterford was one of four Irish mints authorized for the Second Coinage, alongside Dublin, Cork, and Drogheda, though output varied considerably between them. Waterford's halfpenny production under Class I is among the scarcest of the provincial issues, and surviving examples frequently show the uneven flan preparation characteristic of Irish mint practice, distinct from the cleaner London-produced equivalents of the same reform.