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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 551678, member: 12789&quot;]This is my Irish entry, but curiously the piece was found in Shropshire - a bit out of the way, and even in the 21st century still rural.&nbsp; Because of the significance of finding an Irish token in Shropshire last year it was reported through the Portable Antiquities Scheme, and I had to secure an export license to have the coin sent to the USA:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/scottishmoney/17thtokens/irelandmcwilsontoken1672.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For an Irish token it is fairly common, but Irish tokens are a bit scarcer than their English brethren.&nbsp; It was issued by Mic Wilson in Dublin during 1672, he was apparently a butcher - the reason for the cow on the piece.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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