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IRELAND. Silver "Gunmoney" Crown Restrike, 1690 (pre-1755). Possibly Dublin Mint. James II. NGC PROOF-65.
S-6585; KM-103.1a; D&F-371; Timmins TS60Y-3C (R5; likely 5-6 known). Weight: 20.42 gms. Plain Edge. TRIVMPHO type. Obverse: Mounted armored king facing left with a raised sword with tip to bottom right of X in REX; Reverse: Cruciform arms with a pearled crown in center; in the quarters, ANO - DOM// 16 - 90. Superbly preserved, featuring intricate detail through the designs, lovely old cabinet tone, and surfaces that reflect limit handling over the ages. EXTREMELY RARE, and belonging in the most advanced cabinet of the British Isles.
Present research has not conclusively determined whether this coin was struck in Dublin or London. Circumstantial evidence points to the possibility that the portrait dies were executed by the French engraver, Monsieur Hupiere who was associated with the Roettier family when James II's Irish Gunmoney was issued, 1689-1690 (for more information see Philip Timmins' article in Coin News, June 2019, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p48-50: "The French Engraver at the Dublin Mint 1689-90"). Many gold and silver proof strikings of the Gunmoney coinage are cited by Timmins as contemporary restrikes produced for coin collectors in the 18th Century. In correspondence, Timmins noted "there are both gold and silver versions of this coin which were probably struck in ca. 1720-30. I believe this variant to be a very early restrike." There is an example of the silver 1690 crown matching these exact dies which was bequeathed by Richard Rawlinson in 1755 to the Ashmolean Museum (https://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/hcr48016). The Ashmolean example appears to be of a later die state with a more developed die-break at 10 o'clock on the reverse; since a single set of dies is known for the issue, we can assume our example was also struck prior to 1755.
Ex: Spink (02/2006) Lot # 177.
Estimate: $35000 - $50000
S-6585; KM-103.1a; D&F-371; Timmins TS60Y-3C (R5; likely 5-6 known). Weight: 20.42 gms. Plain Edge. TRIVMPHO type. Obverse: Mounted armored king facing left with a raised sword with tip to bottom right of X in REX; Reverse: Cruciform arms with a pearled crown in center; in the quarters, ANO - DOM// 16 - 90. Superbly preserved, featuring intricate detail through the designs, lovely old cabinet tone, and surfaces that reflect limit handling over the ages. EXTREMELY RARE, and belonging in the most advanced cabinet of the British Isles.
Present research has not conclusively determined whether this coin was struck in Dublin or London. Circumstantial evidence points to the possibility that the portrait dies were executed by the French engraver, Monsieur Hupiere who was associated with the Roettier family when James II's Irish Gunmoney was issued, 1689-1690 (for more information see Philip Timmins' article in Coin News, June 2019, Vol. 56 Issue 5, p48-50: "The French Engraver at the Dublin Mint 1689-90"). Many gold and silver proof strikings of the Gunmoney coinage are cited by Timmins as contemporary restrikes produced for coin collectors in the 18th Century. In correspondence, Timmins noted "there are both gold and silver versions of this coin which were probably struck in ca. 1720-30. I believe this variant to be a very early restrike." There is an example of the silver 1690 crown matching these exact dies which was bequeathed by Richard Rawlinson in 1755 to the Ashmolean Museum (https://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin/hcr48016). The Ashmolean example appears to be of a later die state with a more developed die-break at 10 o'clock on the reverse; since a single set of dies is known for the issue, we can assume our example was also struck prior to 1755.
Ex: Spink (02/2006) Lot # 177.
Ex: Spink (Purchased in 1986).
Estimate: $35000 - $50000