70 Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



George III, and the reverse with " five shillings dollar " in an oval enclosing 

 Britannia seated. 



The following notice appears in Paulkner's " Dublin Journal " of Julv 

 17th, 1804 : — " Bank of Ireland. Notice is hereby given that the dollars 

 stamped into silver tokens at Mr. Boulton's manufactory which the Bank of 

 Ireland is now issuing for six shUluigs each will be received in payment 

 again at the Bank at the same rate, pro^-ided they shall not be defaced or 

 mutilated or any way rendered lighter except from the operation of common 

 wear. 



" By order, 



"Thomas Williams, Secretary. 



" N.B. — The Bank reserves the power to call them in at any time upon 

 giving three months' notice." 



These doUar tokens had on the obverse the bust of George III similar to 

 that on the English ones, and on the reverse Hibernia seated and " Bank of 

 Ireland Token, six shillings, 1804." 



Dollar tokens appear to have been in use until ^pril 5th, 1819 (58 

 George III, chap. 14), the first five-shilling pieces of George III being issued 

 n 1818. With the withdi-awal of the Spanish dollars the currency of 

 foreign coin in Ireland ceased. 



A proclamation was issued on July 1st, 1817, for regulating the weights 

 for the gold coin. Those more deficient in weight than the following were not 

 to pass as current : — 





Dwt. grs. 





Dwt. grs. 



Guineas, 



5 8 



Seven-sbiUing pieces, 



1 18 



Half-guineas, . 



2 16 



Sovereigns, 



5 2f 



Quarter-guineas, 



1 8 







The half-sovereign, made current by proclamation, October 10th, 1817, 

 was to weigh 2 dwt. 13i grs. 



Monev weights for guineas, half-guineas, sovereigns, and half-sovereigns 

 continued to be used, some being made in Dublin during the first half of the 

 nineteenth century by Samuel Gatchell. The latest weights that have come 

 under my notice are sovereign and half-sovereign weights of the Eoyal mint 

 of 1843. 



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