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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Ireland| > WO88340
Ireland, James II, 1685 - 1691, Williamite War "Gunmoney"
|Ireland|, |Ireland,| |James| |II,| |1685| |-| |1691,| |Williamite| |War| |"Gunmoney"|, James II struck base metal coins called gunmoney because the metal was in part obtained from old cannons. He 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 the coins continued to circulate but at a value based on copper.
WO88340. Bronze crown, SCBC-SII 6578B, VF, weakly struck areas and undertype effects, overstruck on a 1690 half-crown with clear date, Dublin mint, weight 13.004g, maximum diameter 33.2mm, die axis 0o, 1690; obverse IAC•II•DEI•GRA•MAG•BRI•FRA•ET•HIB•RIX (James II, by the Grace of God, King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland), James on horseback left, holding sword; reverse CHRIS-TO•VICTO-RI•TRI-VMPHO• ([in] Christ victorious triumph), crowned cruciform coats-of-arms around large crown at center, ANO - DOM divided across upper quarters, 16-90 divided across lower quarters; rare; SOLD




  







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