Why did James II produce his infamous Gunmoney in June 1689 - the only coinage to feature year + month as the date?

James II & his Gunmoney: June 1689 (timeline)
http://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2016/02/23/gunmoney-june-1689-timeline/

The article you referenced told why. In a nutshell, these were melted down cannon turned into coins that could then be turned in for silver at a later date. Used to pay soldiers in the future for work performed today. Also...it isnt the only coins with a year and a month. Turkey issued bimetal coins that you could strike on the day of your visit to their mint. The coins had the year, month, and the day. Your coins have a lot of charm and history though. More than the Turkey issues.

There was a 1690 issue too struck over the 1689 issues. Each dropped in size by 1 so a shilling became a halfcrown and the halfcrown the 1690 crown.

I have a few few examples of them both 1689 sixpence, shilling and halfcrown and 1690 shilling and x2 varieties of halfcrown all dated May because I was born May 1990 so it's 300 year to the month before I was born :D
These are my 1690 issues.

I did not know about the Turkish Mint dating their coins - are they legal tender ?

Yes they are.

That's interesting.
I get a lot of Turkish small change and I have never seen one of these coins.
Thanks for sharing that.
James

Not sure you would find it in small change. It is the old lire and was denominated 1 million lira (0.60 cents)

Oh man !
Every now and then a thread like this starts and it makes me obsessive about certain coins. The last one was Canadian provinces. I've been searching for a May 1690 large gun money halfcrown for a long time now but they are always small size :(

This thread is ONLY for June 1689 sixpences

I will have separate threads for each of the other months

I haven't seen them. I won't be contributing to them anyway just remember this is free discussion so threads tend to fall away fast.

I have already posted the June, July and August - the rest will follow in due course (for those who do wish to contribute), i.e. the Numista database is a bit sparse for these issues and I am hoping we can all contribute here.

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​They are real nice, would be nice to find something like that down my way.

You've got some really nice coins there - Gunmoney really becomes fascinating when you can see a few together, i.e. there are so many die variations (large and small) for the collector to study. Since so many were made, they are also very affordable - unlike many of the other Irish coins from the 17th C.

I am a great believer in a hobby being affordable and the items being frequently offered for sale.
There is nothing worse than collecting something that is offered for sale "once" in a generation.
Rarities are nice to have but, even if you can afford them, they are seldom seen for sale.

Why so many different variations of July in 1689 gun money shilling and if mine is 25mm diameter hat is difference of the 3 small sizes