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On the Ring Money of the Celte. 11 
counterfeits which have been occasionally found, made of cast brass, exactly of the 
same shape and size, and so neatly covered over with a coating of gold plate, as to 
defy detection unless weighed. There can be no doubt of the fraud being ancient, for 
the brass is of copper and tin, the same as the brazen spear-heads and other Celtic 
utensils of that metal. 
The smallest I have seen, weighed 12 grains, or half a pennyweight, which seems to 
have been the unit by which the larger were graduated, for all have been found to 
bear a relative value to it ; taking this for the wnt, the rest are its multiples. Among 
those in the possession of the Dean of St. Patrick’s, and G. Petrie, Esq. are the following : 
oz, dwt. grs. 
No. 1 *1, weighing O20 1a 
2 1. Dean of St. Patrick’s, O 1 12 equalto 3 of No. 1* 
3 3. do. 0; .2al2 = ie Ofte do, 
4 2, do. 0.3 Mito ts Oe 
5 1 do. Ona O = 10 
6 ie do. O}das 50 = 22 
7 1. do. oll 8 = 2h 
8 1. George Petrie, Esq. Ont SeaO = Ue 
9 1. Mr. Stewart, Goldsmith, 120 0 = 480 
10 1. Alderman West, apo LD) St! 
It will be observed, that there are but Nos. 4 and 7 in all these which do not con- 
tain in weight the exact value of their multiple No. 1*: thus No. 2 is equal to 
3 of No. 1—No. 5 equal to 10—No. 6 to 22—Nos. 4 and 7, these may have been 
wasted by use or fraud. They, however, contain each two fractional thirds of No. 1.; 
and it is possible they may have so graduated for convenience of exchange, as our 
half-crown is contrived to represent 2s. 6d., or as the old quarter of a guinea repre- 
sented 5s. 3d. 
This is a specimen of the simple cast brass ring, and is found in immense quan- 
tities, from the weight of one pennyweight to that of several ounces. Many are 
