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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 3237918, member: 22729"]Here's another badly damaged William lll Half Penny dug by the same detectorist in the UK who dug the previous one I posted. This one has some interesting history behind it. The obverse and reverse are both counterstamped with a Tudor Rose, a heraldic symbol common in British history. in this case it's a show of support for either King William lll or King James ll, who competed for the British throne during the Glorious Revolution of 1688 - 1690. Although James, William's father-in-law was a Catholic, William was a Protestant. His wife Mary was James' daughter who converted to Protestantism. Protestant supremacy was assured with William's victory over James at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. That date is of great importance to modern day Loyalists in Northern Ireland. This is likely a show of support for William as it's stamped on his coin, though both monarchs have connections to the Tudor Rose. The date of the coin is unreadable, but would be between 1695 and 1701. I've attached an image a modern Irish coin with "1690" counterstamped on it. This stamp would likely date to the 1970s when many of these coins were struck during the Troubles period of sectarian / territorial violence. Bruce[ATTACH=full]846909[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]846912[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]846910[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]