File:Bigger countermark.jpg

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Description Obverse of George IV "Hibernia" penny for Ireland counter marked with merchant inscription "BIGGER/36 BOLTON STREET/CUTLER/DUBLIN. See discussion of this coin here for further details.
Date The coin is too worn to determine the date, but these pennies were struck in 1822 and 1823. Photograph taken on 31 December 2013. Bigger occupied the premises from 1836 to 1843, according to the above discussion.
Source Photographed from actual coin
Author None of my references say who designed it. It was minted by the Royal Mint, London. Wehwalt took the photograph.
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current20:32, 31 December 2013Thumbnail for version as of 20:32, 31 December 2013755 × 770 (103 KB)Wehwalt (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Obverse of George IV "Hibernia" penny for Ireland counter marked with merchant inscription "BIGGER/36 BOLTON STREET/CUTLER/DUBLIN. See discussion of this coin [http://www.cointalk.com/threads/lets-see-your-exonumia.203005/pa...

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