View Of The Coinage Of Ireland

Author : John Lindsay
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265246504
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book A View of the Coinage of Ireland written by John Lindsay and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A View of the Coinage of Ireland: From the Invasion of the Danes to the Reign of George IV In the Work now submitted to the public, a new branch of the coinage is noticed, for which we are indebted to the investigations and discoveries of Sir William Betham, and I believe no person who has read his very able remarks on the Ring Money, will hesitate to admit these curious relics of antiquity, to a place in the annals of our coinage, which with this valuable and interesting addi tion, assume an importance to which those of few other countries can pretend. In order to make this work as useful and interesting to the collector as pos sible, I have added tables, a valuation of all the Irish coins now known to exist, and notices of such discoveries of hoards or parcels of coins as have come to my knowledge, together with plates containing all the unpublished coins. To publish engravings of all the Irish coins known, would indeed render the work more complete, but, it would render it much more expensive, and as that of simon is in the hands of every one at all interested in the coinage of Ireland, the utility of such an arrangement would not compensate for the additional expense, particularly when we consider that the number of Irish collectors bears no. Comparison to those of England, and consequently a work on the coinage of Ireland, cannot be expected to enjoy the same extent of circulation as one on that of England. I cannot conclude these prefatory remarks, without returning my most sin cere thanks, to those from whom I have derived assistance in compiling the present work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.