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Create new listThe Castlecomer colliery, located north of Kilkenny, was inherited by Anne, Dowager Countess of Ormonde, wife of John, the 17th Earl, from her father, Sir John Wandesforde, 5th Viscount Castlecomer. Anne (†1830) was the patron of the village of Castlecomer, leasing the operation of the local coal mines to entrepreneurs; the colliery remained under the control of the Wandesforde family until operations ceased in 1969.
Ireland, Castlecomer (Co. Kilkenny), a MEXICO, Charles IIII, 8 Reales, 1797fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked payable at castle comer colliery around 5s 5d, additional cresent countermark to right, 26.57g/12h (Manville 108; Hodge 108I/006a, this coin; KM. 145). Coin and countermark fine or better, very rare £2,000-£2,600
H.D. Gibbs Collection, Hans. Schulman Auction (New York), 19 November 1960, lot 271; G. Foerster Collection, Busso Peus Nachf Auction 394, 31 October 2007, lot 1438
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