Publisher's Synopsis
An illustrated guide to the known Irish hammered pennies minted under the English kings Edward IV, Edward V, Richard III, and Henry VII. This book includes a quick index to coin markings, a detailed chronology, and over 120 coin photos. The FIFTH EDITION has some important new features. It divides the light cross and pellets issues into two groups for the first time! It also introduces an entirely new coinage: the Rose and Sun Coinage of Edward V. Also new and of great historical importance is a detailed chronology with dates and moneyers for most issues. In addition, a probably new type for Richard III is described as well as several other new types and photographs. Jasper Burns is the author of many articles about ancient coins as well as more than fifty books, including Coin Stories (Pietas), The 'Archaic Smile' and Greek Coins (Pietas), Great Women of Imperial Rome (Routledge), Bulla Felix: The Roman Robin Hood (Pietas), and Fossil Collecting in the Mid-Atlantic States (Johns Hopkins University Press). "I consider that you have individually tackled a task that most collectors of Irish coins have avoided or been unable to tackle. And the key to this was your identifying that many of these coins were languishing misidentified as English coins, and this combined with the development of the internet coin market ... has meant that you have been able to assemble a lot of examples and have been able to start identifying them by the portraits and styles so that pieces with virtually no legends can now be properly identified as Irish." - John Stafford-Langan
