Irish Coins & Historical Medals

Cappagh Copper Mine, 1822, a copper medal by W. Mossop, laureate bust of George IV left, rev. legend in wreath, 42mm (cf. Baldwin FPL 1996, 297). Good very fine and very rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: DNW Auction M1, 15 December, 2005, lot 1444.

Cappagh Mine, Ballydehob, Mizen peninsula, co Cork. The venture was short-lived