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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 404390, member: 12789&quot;]But in the 17-18th centuries mints in Britain were few for the bronze pieces, usually London, but also Soho for the Matthew Boulton pieces.&nbsp; The last of the Regal mints were in the 1690&#039;s re-coinage of the older hammered coins, ie Exeter etc. had branch mints.&nbsp; The last Regal mint aside from London was Edinburgh, and it stopped minting coinage in 1709, though it remained on the books as a mint until 1816.</p><p><br /></p><p>It would be a serious stretch to suggest that Irish 1/2d&#039;s were stamped out in the millions for any given date.&nbsp; But hundreds of thousands would not be out of line.&nbsp; They were the mainstay coin of the realm in Ireland for most people, larger denominations would have been the realm of merchants and the landed class.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a reasonable collection of Irish 1/2&#039;s from Charles II on up through George IV, I should image them sometime.&nbsp; Right now I am pondering purchasing one of the 1691 Limerick halfpennies issued by James II in exile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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