Irish Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Kilkenny College, a silver award medal after W. Mossop, Minerva seated left holding a wreath, owl at feet, WB engraved in exergue, rev. wreath, named (Benjamin Bushbury, 1841), 36mm (Grimshaw 126; cf. BDW 3, 165). Usual die flaw on obverse, bright from past cleaning and with associated surface marks, otherwise very fine, rare £80-£100

Kilkenny College, the history of which dates back to 1538, was re-endowed by the Duke of Ormonde in 1667; the new college, erected in the 1780s, is now the present-day County Hall, Kilkenny