1760 Ireland 'Voce Populi' Half Penny Copper Token Scarce

Description

½ Penny - Voce Populi
Issuer
Ireland
Type
Token
Year
1760
Value
½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency
Second Irish Pound (
1460-1826
)
Composition
Copper
Diameter
29 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized
Yes
Number
N
# 80846
References
KM
# TTN1
Obverse
A laureate portrait facing right.
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
VOCE POPULI
Translation:
Voice of the People
Reverse
A seated representation of Hibernia.
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
HIBERNIA
1760
Translation:
Ireland
Edge
Plain.
Comments
This coin also circulated in the American Colonies, therefore US collectors also consider it an Early Colonial coin.
Very little is known about the origins of these coins, all of which carry the date 1760
Traditionally they have been attributed to a button maker named Roche, on South King Street, Dublin
Roche was, at that time, engaged in the manufacture of buttons for the army
He would have had the die-making skills + the raw materials to produce tokens like these
It is thought these coppers may have continued to be produced through 1761 using the 1760 dated dies