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Description: | A worn late 17th-century Irish copper-alloy 'gun money' halfcrown of James II dated May 1690 AD.Obv: IACOBVS II DE G[R]ATIA; laureate head left.Rev: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1690; J R either side of crown with sceptre, XXX above crown, May, below.Issued as emergency coinage by James II to pay the troops and is known as 'gun money' because it was made from scrap metal. The coins were dated including the month of issue and it was intended that this coinage would be redeemed as soon as James II regained the English throne.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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