page_title: Coins of Ireland
section_title: Early milled regal coinage
hierarchical_section_title: Coins of Ireland / History / Early milled regal coinage
caption_attribution_description: English: A post-Medieval Irish copper-alloy halfpenny of Charles II (1645-1685). Armstrong and Legge's Coinage, 1680-1684 AD, dated 1681 on coin. Large letter type (Spink 6574). Obverse: CAROLVS I.I./DEI GRATIA; Laureate and draped bust right. Reverse: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX; Crowned harp.
context_page_description: Irish coins have been issued by a variety of local and national authorities, the ancient provincial Kings and High Kings of Ireland, the Kingdom of Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Irish Free State, and the present Republic of Ireland. Some modern British coins have Northern Ireland symbols but these are circulated throughout the UK.
context_section_description: Copper halfpennies were struck between 1680 and 1689, during the reigns of King Charles II (1660–85) and King James II (1685–88).
caption: Ha'penny of Charles II, 1681.
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