1 Penny - Connaught - Bungal
Features
| Issuer |
Ireland
 |
|---|---|
| King |
Edward VI (1547-1553)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Year | 1552 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Second Irish Pound (1460-1826) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 3.7 g |
| Diameter | 29 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 239628 |
| References | Sp# 6494a Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). |
Obverse
Portrait of King Edward VI.
Script: Latin
Lettering: EDWARD VI D.G. AGL FRAN Z HB REX
Translation: Edward VI by the Grace of God, of England, France, & Ireland King.
Reverse
English Coat-of-Arms in an oval shield flanked by the letters 'E. R.'.
Script: Latin
Lettering: TIMOR DOMINE FONS VITE MDLII
Translation: The fear of God is the fountain of life 1552
Comments
A contemporary forgery of the extremely rare English King Edward VI 1 Shilling. Struck in brass, and occasionally in copper, this was known by the nickname 'Bungal'. It circulated as a 1 Penny coin.
More information can be found here;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_of_Connaught.
More information can be found here;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_of_Connaught.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| 1552 | |||||||||||||||
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