NEW BOOK: IRISH TAVERN TOKENS, 2017 EDITION

The Numismatic Society of Ireland has received permission from Fr. Gerry Rice to publish a full colour and hardback edition of Irish Tavern Tokens . The 2013 edition is the result of many years research based on the John Sweeney collection of tavern tokens which has been supplemented by tokens from other collections. The result is the most comprehensive publication of Irish tavern tokens to date and it brings new dimensions to the study of this branch of numismatics. Following its softback publication in 2013 the book has become the definitive source for these tokens and is cited by leading auction houses and researchers.

Irish Tavern Tokens is written for numismatists, be they collectors or students of the subject, and it illustrates 350 examples from a catalogue of over 400 Irish tavern tokens. Most were struck by the company controlled by John Craig Parkes at the Coombe in Dublin. Individual tokens are fully described and are cross-referenced to other popular tavern token catalogues. When known, the provenance of an individual token is listed. Each piece, including the issuing proprietor, has been carefully researched and recorded and where a ‘social context’ is understood, that too is included, making the finished volume a comprehensive commentary on the licensed trade as evidenced by the tavern tokens of post-famine Dublin. For easy reference the book includes an index of types, an index of places and an index of issuers.

The publication price of the book is €39.00 and it is being offered to the trade and bulk buyers at a discounted price of 3 for €90.00, 6 for €180 or 9 for €270. There is no VAT on books

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This updated hardback colour edition of Irish Tavern Tokens was launched at the May 2017 meeting of the Numismatic Society of Ireland. Half of the print run was presold. Supplies are limited and when they are gone, that’s it!

Description
Full colour hardback; xii; 113p; 25cm; ISBN 978-0-902605-02-2 This special edition is hardbound in a black cover with silver foil lettering on front and spine. Printed on gloss paper.

Citation
RICE, G. (2017) Irish Tavern Tokens: The John Sweeney Collection supplemented by other collections, with a supplement by Garry Byrne, Numismatic Society of Ireland & National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

Irish Tavern Tokens is jointly published by the Numismatic Society of Ireland and The National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks and is recommended as an essential reference for all Irish numismatics libraries

Since the first edition of the book was published, additional tavern tokens have come to light, mainly through auctions at eBay, Whyte’s and Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) and a very small number in private collections. Some of these were published in the Numismatic Society of Ireland’s (NSI) Bulletin.

These new tokens are now combined with examples from Barry Woodside’s (BW) website of Tavern Tokens, where he uses Todd reference numbers, and are presented here as the First Supplement to the original catalogue.

The Supplement was written by Garry Byrne and is divided into two parts – Additions to the Catalogue and a Descriptions Supplement. In the Additions to the Catalogue new tokens not listed originally in the catalogue are illustrated, numbered and described with information that is now available. New and additional details relating to tokens already listed in the catalogue are presented in the Descriptions Supplement.

To view Barry Woodside’s Tavern Tokens, see:
http://www.irish-tokens.co.uk/tavern/tavern-page.htm

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