British Tokens

Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Hibernian Society, a copper Halfpenny-sized flan, engraved hibernian society around a vine above Eye of Providence, rev. crowned harp dividing date, harmony above, 28mm, 7.80g. Fair to fine, presumably rare £40-60

Provenance: Bt C.J. Denton.

The Hibernian Society, a philanthropic body founded in Dublin in 1769 to help the orphaned children of soldiers who fell during the Seven Years War