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58 History 79 Circa 1880 Home Rule Ireland One Dollar Certificate for payment to The Ant-Coercion Fund. Home Rule for Ireland’’ Bond Certificate: The excessively rare American bond certificate, $1 Anti-Coercion Fund - Home Rule for Ireland, made out for a “Jermia Lodge” of Fitchburg, Massachusets. Printed one side only, & engraved by W.J. Wood & Co., Boston with a fine portrait of Charles Stuart Parnell, it is signed in the plate by Thomas J. Conaty & John J. Donovan of the State of Massachusetts. The attractive border with shamrocks, and harp, and inscribed, ‘We are soon to witness the Final and Complete Emancipation of our Race. C.S. Parnell.’ A very rare example of Irish historical scripophily, the first at auction in the last 13 years. Condition: Very fine, slight soiling, small tear at top right. Estimate €1000-€1500 (approx £910-£1,360) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 79 80 1880-1890 The Irish LandWars: a collection of images from Illustrated London News and United Irishman (16) Mostly monochrome, some by Aloysius O’Kelly, including scenes of evictions, meetings, police actions etc. 9 are attractively framed, 7 are unframed in a portfolio. Sizes mainly 12 by 14 inches, some larger. The framed works were shown in ‘Aloysius O’Kelly. Art, Politics and Popular Culture’, The Municipal Gallery Dublin, The Hugh Lane, 1999-2000. Condition: Mostly fine. Estimate €400-€600 (approx £360-£550) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot 80