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6 Pence - James II Gun Money Large Coinage
| Issuer | Ireland |
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| Year | 1689-1690 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Milled |
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Gun Money takes its name from the melted-down cannons, church bells, and scrap brass James II's administration commandeered to strike emergency coinage after he landed in Ireland in 1689 to contest William III's claim to the throne. The coins were initially dated by month as well as year — an extraordinary measure intended to allow devaluation by royal decree if the gambit failed, so earlier-dated pieces could be retroactively assigned lower values.
The sixpence is among the smallest denominations in the Gun Money series, struck at the King's Mills on the River Poddle in Dublin. After the Jacobite defeat at the Boyne in July 1690, William's government officially demonetized the entire issue.