Ireland, 1910 Brian Boru Crown
Ireland, Fantasy Crown, 1910, privately struck in white metal under the auspices of the New York Numismatic Club to celebrate Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland, sponsored by dealer Thomas Elder, facing half-length bust with sword and shield wearing winged helmet and chain mail, H. below for engraver Frank C Higgins, modelled by John Gellert, Gaelic legend and toothed border surrounding bRIAN bOROI mE Ard RIG 'EIRINN. For "Brian Boru, High King of Ireland", dates in Roman numerals below bust "mxiv-mcmx" "1014-1910" rev. struck en medaille, American eagle over Irish harp, wolfhound below, all over emblematic shamrock leaf, lower left circle with round tower and ruin, lower right with Celtic cross, sun burst in top circle, all within circular frame, divided by raised hand at bottom, denomination either sides in Gaelic "AON CROIN" for One Crown, legend in Gaelic and toothed border, "MUINTIR NA h-'EIREANN IN AmERI'CEA" which translates as "The people of Ireland in America" edge plain (D&F 650; HK 392; KM X7). Brilliant, extremely fine, graded and slabbed by NGC as MS63, extremely rare.
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Ireland, Fantasy Crown, 1910, privately struck in white metal under the auspices of the New York Numismatic Club to celebrate Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland, sponsored by dealer Thomas Elder, facing half-length bust with sword and shield wearing winged helmet and chain mail, H. below for engraver Frank C Higgins, modelled by John Gellert, Gaelic legend and toothed border surrounding bRIAN bOROI mE Ard RIG 'EIRINN. For "Brian Boru, High King of Ireland", dates in Roman numerals below bust "mxiv-mcmx" "1014-1910" rev. struck en medaille, American eagle over Irish harp, wolfhound below, all over emblematic shamrock leaf, lower left circle with round tower and ruin, lower right with Celtic cross, sun burst in top circle, all within circular frame, divided by raised hand at bottom, denomination either sides in Gaelic "AON CROIN" for One Crown, legend in Gaelic and toothed border, "MUINTIR NA h-'EIREANN IN AmERI'CEA" which translates as "The people of Ireland in America" edge plain (D&F 650; HK 392; KM X7). Brilliant, extremely fine, graded and slabbed by NGC as MS63, extremely rare.
