Ireland 1689 Jun 6 pence

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Stack's Bowers 2021 NYINC sale, lot 24081
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This specimen was lot 24081 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (Newport Beach, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Gun Money 6 Pence, 1689 (June). Dublin Mint. James II. PCGS AU-50 Gold Shield. Featuring light yellow-brown surfaces, this base metal type presents solid detail remaining and only even, honest wear throughout." This brass sixpence was struck Jan 1689 thru May 1690. After James II was deposed as king of Great Britain in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, he fled to France. He landed in Ireland in early 1689 to raise the flag of revolt on behalf of the Catholic population. Lacking bullion to strike conventional coinage, church bells and worn out cannon were melted down to make a series of token coinage in sixpence, shilling, half crown and crown denominations. This coinage is unusual in that it is dated by month and year. It was to be redeemed in silver after the revolt was successful but James was defeated and forced to return to France while the Irish suffered devastation and land confiscations. William III allowed the coinage to continue to circulate as pennies, half pennies and farthings.

Recorded mintage: unknown.

Specification: "gun metal" (brass or bronze).

Catalog reference: S-6583A; KM-93.

Source:

  • Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
  • Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
  • Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
  • [1]Orsini, Matt, Richard Ponterio and Kyle Ponterio, The January 2021 NYINC Sale: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, featuring the Oro del Nuevo Mundo and Matt Orsini Collections, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2020.

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