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Ireland, James II, Civil War, Limerick Siege Money, 1691

|Ireland|, |Ireland,| |James| |II,| |Civil| |War,| |Limerick| |Siege| |Money,| |1691||farthing|
After the Battle of the Boyne in July 1690 the mint at Limerick continued to strike coins in the name of James II until the city fell to William on 3 October 1691. Just prior to and during the Siege of Limerick, the mint issued halfpennies and farthings over-struck on gunmoney coins and dated 1691.SH66257. Copper farthing, SCBC-SII 6596, EF, typical flat strike, overstruck on gunmoney, weight 5.098 g, maximum diameter 23.0 mm, die axis 0o, Limerick mint, 1691; obverse IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA (James II by the Grace of God), laureate bust left; reverse HIBERNIA 1691 (normal N), Hibernia seated left, cross in right, resting left on Irish harp; SOLD


Ireland, James II, 1685 - 1691; 'Williamite War "Gunmoney," Gold Plated Marriage Treizain

|Ireland|, |Ireland,| |James| |II,| |1685| |-| |1691;| |'Williamite| |War| |"Gunmoney,"| |Gold| |Plated| |Marriage| |Treizain||half| |crown|
Gold plated, perhaps to serve as a marriage treizain, a medal blessed and exchanged by couples on the day of their marriage. This custom lasted until the 19th century.WO58746. Bronze half crown, SCBC-SII 6580D, aEF, gold plated, weight 11.940 g, maximum diameter 29.6 mm, die axis 0o, Dublin or Limrick mint, Jun 1690; obverse IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA (James II by the Grace of God), laureate bust left; reverse MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX (King of Great Britain, France and Ireland) 1690, Crown and crossed scepters, XXX above, June below, J - R in field; SOLD


Ireland, James II, 1685 - 1691; 'Williamite War "Gunmoney"

|Ireland|, |Ireland,| |James| |II,| |1685| |-| |1691;| |'Williamite| |War| |"Gunmoney"||half| |crown|
James II returned from France, where he had fled, to Ireland with plans to recover his throne from his son-in-law and daughter, William and Mary. Short of silver, he issued base metal coins called gunmoney because the metal was in part obtained from old cannons. The coins are marked with the year and month they were issued. James promised that once he was back in power he would call in the coins, one month's worth at a time, and exchange them for proper silver coins. After James was defeated, although officially demonetized, the coins continued to circulate but at a much reduced value based on copper.WO58743. Bronze half crown, SCBC-SII 6580F, EF, edge flaw, weight 9.407 g, maximum diameter 29.2 mm, die axis 0o, Dublin or Limerick mint, Jul 1690; obverse IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA (James II by the Grace of God), laureate bust left; reverse MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX (King of Great Britain, France and Ireland) 1690, crown, J - R across field XXX above, JULY below; SOLD










REFERENCES

Galster, G. (ed.), M. Dolley & J. Steen Jensen. Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 22, Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Copenhagen, Part V: Hiberno-Norse and Anglo-Irish Coins. (Oxford, 1975).
Krause C. & Mishler, C. Standard Catalog of World Coins. (Iola, WI, 2010 - )
Spink. Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man, and Lundy) Pre-Decimal Issues, Standard Catalogue of British Coins. (Cambridge, 2003).
Timmins, P. Gunmoney: The Emergency Coinage of 1689 - 1691 for the Irish Campaign of James II. (Dublin, 2017).
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