Excerpt from Simmon's Essay on Irish Coins, and of the Currency of Foreign Monies in Ireland: With Mr. Snelling's Supplement Also, an Additional Plate, Containing Nineteen Coins, Never Before Coins It is almost impossible to give a perfect History of our Monies for want of say? Cient records, many of which have been destroyed by time and various accidents. In order to preserve what are left concerning this Subject, as far as a work of this kind can contribute to that end, it has been thought proper to publish by way of Appendix those that are still in being, as materials for such as shall hereafter undertake to give us a better and more perfect account of these matters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.