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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 4888751, member: 109923"]Interesting stories. I get confused enough as it is with the 'English' kings James! I love the James III bust.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few coins of the 'English' kings, including a 'groat' (fourpence, anyway) of the 'last' King James of Scotland, James VII/II. Not quite as impressive as they were milled by then:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179787[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>James II of England, fourpence, 1686, Tower (London). 19mm, 2.0g (S. 3414).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>He hardly had an easy time of it either. His daughter and son-in-law (Mary II and William III of Orange) deposed him, mainly because he was Catholic. He tried to make a comeback through Ireland, and issued his own coins there (allegedly made out of old cannons) promising to convert them to silver when he regained his throne(s) - which he didn't, as he was finally defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (still a contentious event even today).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1179789[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>James II, half crown 'gun money', May 1690, Dublin. 29mm, 11.08g (SCBC 6580B).</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 4888751, member: 109923"]Interesting stories. I get confused enough as it is with the 'English' kings James! I love the James III bust. I have a few coins of the 'English' kings, including a 'groat' (fourpence, anyway) of the 'last' King James of Scotland, James VII/II. Not quite as impressive as they were milled by then: [ATTACH=full]1179787[/ATTACH] [B]James II of England, fourpence, 1686, Tower (London). 19mm, 2.0g (S. 3414).[/B] He hardly had an easy time of it either. His daughter and son-in-law (Mary II and William III of Orange) deposed him, mainly because he was Catholic. He tried to make a comeback through Ireland, and issued his own coins there (allegedly made out of old cannons) promising to convert them to silver when he regained his throne(s) - which he didn't, as he was finally defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (still a contentious event even today). [ATTACH=full]1179789[/ATTACH] [B]James II, half crown 'gun money', May 1690, Dublin. 29mm, 11.08g (SCBC 6580B).[/B][/QUOTE]
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