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Cogadh an Dá Rí or The War of the Two Kings, Limerick Besieged (1690-91)
(Halfpennies overstruck on gunmoney large shillings and farthings on small shillings.)
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IR1619 - James II (1685-1688/1691), Cogadh an Dá Rí or Civil War Coinage, Limerick Besieged (1690-91), Halfpenny, 1691, over struck on a large Gunmoney shilling, laureate bust of James left, IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA rev., seated figure of Hibernia left, HIBERN(reversed)IA 1691 (S.6594), fair / almost very fine. $125 IR1618 - James II (1685-1688/1691), Cogadh an Dá Rí or Civil War Coinage, Limerick Besieged (1690-91), Halfpenny, 1691, over struck on a large Gunmoney shilling, laureate bust of James left, IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA rev., seated figure of Hibernia left, HIBERN(reversed)IA 1691 (S.6594), undertype visible, striking crack from restrike, fine. $125 IR1620 - James II (1685-1688/1691), Cogadh an Dá Rí or Civil War Coinage, Limerick Besieged (1690-91), Farthing, 1691, over struck on a Gunmoney sixpence, laureate bust of James left, IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA rev., seated figure of Hibernia left, HIBERNIA 1691 (S.6595), almost very fine on a thick flan. $165 SOLD