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The coins were divided into four sections, each distin- 

 guished by its peculiar type, — the Irish, the Anglo-Irish, the 

 English, and the coins with three crowns on the reverse. 



In the first section the author pointed out the distinc- 

 tions not previously recognised, between the groats and 

 the pennies of Henry the Sixth, and those of Edward the 

 Fourth, and showed that some of Edward's coins have been 

 heretofore erroneously appropriated to Henry the Sixth. 



In the second section proofs were adduced in corrobo- 

 ration of Mr. Lindsay's opinion concerning the date (1465) 

 of the coins engraved in Snelling's Supplement to Simon, 

 PL I. Figs. 18, 19, and also that the coinage of 1467 was 

 erroneously described by Simon as having " a crown on one 

 side," instead of" a face and crown." Two unpublished and 

 unique specimens of this coinage were described, — the 

 double groat of Drogheda, the earliest coin known from this 

 mint, in the cabinet of the Rev. Mr. Butler of Trim ; and 

 the half groat of Trim, in the cabinet of the Dean of St. Pa- 

 trick's, Some remarks were made on the difference between 

 the Tower and the Troy pound, which have been frequently 

 confounded by the writers on Irish coins. 



The coins with the King's head on the obverse, and a 

 rose, instead of pellets, in the centre of the reverse, Dr. 

 Smith considers to have been coined in 1470 ; and he sup- 

 ported his opinion by reference to the Act of the first of 

 Richard the Third, and by other evidence. 



In the third section, two unpublished and unique coins 

 were described, — the half groat of Drogheda, in the Dean of 

 St. Patrick's cabinet ; and the half groat of Trim, in that of the 

 Rev. Mr. Butler ; — and some reasons were assigned to show 

 that the letter G, which is found on most of the groats of 

 Drogheda, Dublin, and Waterford, was the initial of Ger- 

 myn Lynch, the master of the mint. 



In the fourth section Dr. Smith remarked that Sir James 

 Ware, or the writers since his time, had not given any ex- 



