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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Aidan Work, post: 163515, member: 1824&quot;]There is a book called &#039;Coins of England &amp; the United Kingdom&#039; that comes out every year that is pblished by Spink&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can possibly find one here; <a href="http://www.amazon.com" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.com" rel="nofollow">www.amazon.com</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gun Money coin from Ireland is a very interesting series,albeit,an extremely difficult series to get represented.I have a holed 6d. dated Jan 1689.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gun Money coins are historically significant in these respects;</p><p><br /></p><p>The only British Isles coinage that was issued by a monarch after his deposition.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only British Isles coinage that is dated by month as well as by year.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Gun Money coin depicting King James II on a horse is a Crown (5/-) piece.Its design is similar to coins of King Charles I to a certain degree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Elizabethan hammered 6d. coins are actually a common series,but the date can be identified through looking at the mintmarks.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aidan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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