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1 Farthing - Kinsale Refuge
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1646-1649 |
| Type | Emergency coin |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered field bearing the initials 'K S' (abbreviation for Kinsale) arranged within or adjacent to a roughly struck circle of pellets. The design is characteristically primitive, consistent with siege or refuge coinage produced under duress, with the pellet border serving as the principal decorative framing device. The flat, irregular flan exhibits the typical irregularities of hand-cut planchet manufacture. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Kinsale was one of several Irish towns authorized during the 1640s to issue emergency copper tokens when the chaos of the Confederate Ireland period left the country without a reliable small-denomination coinage supply. The town's "Refuge" tokens — issued under corporation authority rather than any crown or confederate mandate — filled a genuine gap in everyday commercial exchange when official channels had effectively collapsed.
Spink 6563 is among the lighter survivors of the type, consistent with the informal production standards of the series.