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½ Penny - George III
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1805 |
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| Value | ½ Penny (1⁄480) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Soho Mint, Handsworth, England (1788-1850) |
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Ireland's copper coinage had been in chronic short supply for decades before this issue, with the void filled by a flood of private tokens that circulated by necessity rather than law. The 1805 series was struck at Soho Mint in Birmingham under Matthew Boulton's contract — the same operation that had already transformed British coinage with steam-powered presses. The gold-plated examples were not an official finish; they are proof or specimen strikes prepared for presentation purposes, the plating applied to give the impression of a more precious issue for collectors and dignitaries.