Ireland / Great Britain - George III, Bank Token Ten Pence Irish, 1805

Ireland / Great Britain - George III, Bank Token Ten Pence Irish, 1805 An Irish bank token with the denomination Ten Pence Irish, issued in 1805 during the reign of George III. Bank tokens of this period were issued during a shortage of small change and circulated as local monetary substitutes. Obverse: Laureate portrait of George III facing right. Around the rim appears the inscription: "GEORGIUS III DEI GRATIA" (George III, by the Grace of God) Reverse: The denomination appears in the center in several lines: "BANK TOKEN TEN PENCE IRISH" with the date below: "1805" An interesting early 19th-century Irish bank token from the reign of George III, connected to Ireland’s monetary history and the shortage of small coinage during the period.