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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coin_nut, post: 2918001, member: 80148&quot;]I love these historical tidbits, referring to Siberian Man&#039;s info about the money made from captured Turkish guns, reminded me of some &quot;gun money&quot; I have bid on and not won. Here is a brief story about it from Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Gun money</b> was an issue of coins made by the forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England" rel="nofollow">James II</a> during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamite_War_in_Ireland" rel="nofollow">Williamite War in Ireland</a> between 1689 and 1691. They were minted in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_metal" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base_metal" rel="nofollow">base metal</a> (copper, brass or pewter), and were designed to be redeemed for silver coins following a victory by James II and consequently bore the date in months to allow a gradual replacement. As James lost the war, that replacement never took place, although the coins were allowed to circulate at much reduced values before the copper coinage was resumed. They were mostly withdrawn from circulation in the early 18th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>The name &quot;gun money&quot; stems from the idea that they were minted from melted down guns. However, many other brass objects, such as church bells, were also used.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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