Patrick Public Deposited
At a Parliament held at Drog- heda. 1460, before Richard, Duke of York, Lord Lieutenant, it was enacted that " a proper coin separate from the coin of Eng- land was with more convenience agreed to be had in Ireland," and among the pro- posed coins was one "having imprinted on one part of it a crown, and on the other part a cross, called a Patrick, of which eight shall pass for one Denier." See Ruding (i. 278).
This probably refers to a copper half Farthing issued by Henry VI for Ireland, which bears the inscription patrik.
- Frey's Dictionary (American Journal of Numismatics, Vol. 50, 1916)