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1/2 Crown - Confederate Catholic Kilkenny issue
| Issuer | Confederate Catholics of Ireland |
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| Year | 1642-1643 |
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| Currency | Second Irish Pound (1460-1826) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Kilkenny |
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The Confederate Catholics of Ireland established their own government at Kilkenny in 1642 following the Ulster uprising of the previous year, and the need to pay soldiers fighting a war on multiple fronts — against Protestant settlers, Parliamentary forces, and intermittently the Royalists — drove the urgent need for coinage. These half crowns were struck from silver plate and other melted sources under considerable duress, and the workmanship reflects it. Die alignment varies wildly across surviving examples.
The confederation's mint operated for only a narrow window before the Cromwellian campaign of the late 1640s effectively ended both the political and monetary experiment at Kilkenny.