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COIN
Unique ID: LVPL-27D0D8
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A worn late 17th-century Irish copper-alloy 'gun money' halfcrown of James II dated May 1690 AD.
Obv: IACOBVS II DE G[R]ATIA; laureate head left.
Rev: MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX 1690; J R either side of crown with sceptre, XXX above crown, May, below.
Issued as emergency coinage by James II to pay the troops and is known as 'gun money' because it was made from scrap metal. The coins were dated including the month of issue and it was intended that this coinage would be redeemed as soon as James II regained the English throne.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1690
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.9 g
Diameter: 28.28 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st October 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Numismatic data
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Coin references
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Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Sefton (Metropolitan District)
District: Sefton (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Melling
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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