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1 Penny - Edward I Second coinage, Class IV
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1299-1301 |
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| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse description | A crowned facing bust of Edward I is depicted within a beaded inner triangle, with a single pellet positioned below the breast. The legend, rendered in three segments conforming to the triangular frame, reads ЄDWR` ANGL` D N ShYB`, identifying the sovereign as Edward, King of England and Lord of Ireland. The portrait is executed in the schematic, frontal style characteristic of late 13th-century Anglo-Irish hammered coinage, with visible crown details and rudimentary drapery. The beaded triangle is a defining feature of this Irish Class IV issue, distinguishing it from contemporary English pennies of the same reign. |
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| Obverse lettering | ЄDWR` ANGL`D N-ShYB` (Translation: Edward King of England, Lord of Ireland) |
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Edward I's Irish coinage was administered separately from his English issues, struck at Dublin under the control of appointed wardens rather than the English mint hierarchy. Class IV of the Second Coinage represents a tightening of the Irish penny's weight standard, reflecting pressure from Anglo-Irish merchants who complained bitterly about the circulation of underweight and clipped coins flooding Dublin's markets in the late 1290s. The resulting recoinage order drove many older pieces out of circulation rapidly.
Dublin was the sole mint operating for this class.