Farthing token, Dublin, Cork and Limerick
19th-century Irish merchant / trade farthing token (emergency unofficial coinage under King William IV).
Issuer: Todd, Burns & Co. / W. Todd & Co. (prominent drapery and department stores in Dublin, Cork, and Limerick).
Date: 1834.
Reference: Withers #6310 / Drury #94.
Inscriptions:
Side A: TODD, BURNS & Co. DRAPERS, MARY ST. DUBLIN • 1834 • around ONE FARTHING.
Side B: W. TODD & Co. DRAPERS, CORK & LIMERICK around PAYABLE IN DUBLIN, CORK, OR LIMERICK.
Material & Size: Copper / Bronze, approx. 21–22 mm in diameter.
Market Factors
Context: Issued during periods of severe shortage of official British regal small change in Ireland, allowing major drapers to provide customers with change redeemable across their city branches.
- Collection
- Post/Courier
- To be arranged
- Cash
- Bank transfer
- To be arranged
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