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1 Farthing - James II 2nd type
| Uitgever | England |
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| Jaar | 1687 |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Gewicht | Log in om details te zien |
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| Oriëntatie | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Draped bust of King James II facing right, rendered in high relief with elaborate drapery at the shoulder. The effigy is encircled by a Latin legend reading IACOBVS SECVNDVS, disposed around the periphery of the field. The portrait displays the characteristic late Stuart style with flowing hair and a prominent profile. A square copper plug is visible at the centre of the tin field, characteristic of the bimetallic construction employed for this issue. |
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| Schrift voorzijde | Latin |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
James II inherited a farthing coinage already mired in controversy. Tin farthings had been introduced under Charles II in 1684 partly to boost the struggling Cornish tin industry — a deliberate act of royal economic patronage — and James continued the practice despite persistent counterfeiting problems inherent to the metal. The copper plug at center was itself an anti-counterfeiting measure, as pure tin flans proved trivially easy to fake.
James was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, cutting this tin farthing series short. The post-Revolution settlement under William and Mary eventually abandoned tin coinage altogether, reverting to copper by 1694.