Date: c. 1646

Description:

Emergency issue from The Great Rebellion, 1642-1649. Gold Double Pistole (21mm, 6.61 g, 2h). Ormonde Money. Struck 1646. ‘4 : 9wtt : 7 : gr :’ in two lines / ‘4 : 9wtt : 7 : gr :’ in two lines. O’Sullivan, Gold dies 1/2; D&F 269; SCBC 6552.

• Extremely Fine (EF)
  • Probably the best example known
• Extremely rare.

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of Stuart
• Charles I
  • Ormonde Money
    • Also known as
      • Emergency Money
      • Money of Necessity
• Hammered

Further Reading:

• Check List: Irish Tudor & Stuart Coinage

Other Irish Coin Issues of Charles I:

• Regular Irish Coinage during the reign of King Charles I
  • O’Brien Coin Guide: Richmond ‘Patent’ Farthings (1625-34)
  • O’Brien Coin Guide: Maltravers ‘Patent’ Farthings (1634-36)
  • O’Brien Coin Guide: Maltravers ‘Rose’ Farthings (1636-49)

• Emergency Coinages of the Great Rebellion In Ireland
  • O’Brien Coin Guide: Introduction to the Emergency Coinages of the Great Rebellion of 1641-49
  • O’Brien Coin Guide: The Ormonde Money of 1643-44
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The Confederate Catholic ‘Rebel Money’ Coinage of 1642-43
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The Ormonde Gold ‘Pistole’ of 1646
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Coinage of the Cities of Refuge (Bandon 1646-49)
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Cork Shilling
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Cork Sixpence
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Cork Farthing (rectangular, Cork in double circle)
    • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Cork Farthing (rectangular, Cork in circle of pellets)
  • O’Brien Rare Coin Review: Cork Farthing (Cork, countermarked on a copper coin)