Gunmoney

Gunmoney, German canon of money is the name for a number of coins in the name of James II (England), during the invasion of his French support Army were produced from June 1689 to October 1690 from the metal of old cannons and other scrap parts, with the commitment, this later convert back into silver money. These were first at sixpence, shilling (12 pence ) and Half- Crown coin ( two and a half pence Shilling/30 ). Later, the coins of the same size were issued with the next higher nominal basis, that the shillings sixpence - size, Half Crown, Shilling size and Crown, Half Crown - size. Frequently coins were simply overprinted. A special feature of the coins were provided (except the Crown coin), not only with the year, but also with the embossing month. When, after the Battle of the Boyne the fighters of William of Orange conquered the Dublin coin, put the Jacobites, the embossing for a short time in Limerick continued. The canon of money was set in 1691 by Wilhelm except price.

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