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* [[Ireland 1690 May shilling]] | * [[Ireland 1690 May shilling]] | ||
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* [[Ireland 1694 1/2 penny]] | * [[Ireland 1694 1/2 penny]] | ||
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[[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale]] | [[Category:Selections from the Stack's Bowers 2015 NYINC sale]] | ||
Latest revision as of 11:56, 27 July 2025
This specimen was lot 3971 in Stack's-Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2015), where it sold for $152.75. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. 1/2 Crown, May 1690. NGC AU-55. Civil War coinage. Nice strike." 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 but a scarce date.
Specification: 14.76 g, brass, 32 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: S-6580B; KM-95.
- 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]Ponterio, Richard, The January 2015 NYINC Auction: Ancient Coins, World Coins & Paper Money, Featuring the John W. Adams and Ray Czabor Collections, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2014.
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