Date: 1642

 

Description:

Inchiquin Money, First issue, Halfcrown, irregular flan stamped 9dwt: 16gr within beaded and wire-line borders. Type 1: Wire & Bead borders (double circle)

• Weight: 14.31 g
• Better than Very Fine (gVF)
  • Toned
  • Very rare

References:

• Bull 1; S 6533; DF 277a; KM. 40

Obverse:

• An irregular flan stamped 9dwt: 16gr within a double circle
• Inner circle: wire-line borders
• Outer circle: beaded
• Thin numerals

Reverse:

• An irregular flan stamped 9dwt: 16gr within a double circle
• Inner circle: wire-line borders
• Outer circle: beaded
• Thin numerals

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Anglo-Norman
  • House of Stuart
• Charles I
  • Inchiquin Money
  • Also known as:
    • Coins of Necessity
    • Siege Money
• Hammered

 

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Notes:

There were three separate emergency issues in 1642 and they are erroneously (collectively) known as ‘Inchiquin Money’ which does cause confusion among new collectors. The issue of all three by the then Lord Justices in 1642 is now well established and each of these issues vary according to the way their monetary value (denomination) was displayed.

The first type, however, is still known as Inchiquin Money and is often referred to as Weight Money due to the weight of the coins being stamped on each piece – front and back! Meanwhile, the mercurial Lord Inchiquin (a.k.a. Murrough of the Burnings) – who changed sides several times during this complicated rebellion – is still known for this ‘siege money’ or ’emergency coinage’.

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Other Coins in the Series:

• The Old Currency Exchange: Checklist of Tudor & Stuart Irish Coinages

Further Reading:

• Irish Coinage during the reign of King Charles I
• Patent Farthings:
• 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 Issues / Siege Money / Coins of Necessity:
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Introduction to the Emergency Coinages of the Great Rebellion of 1641-49
  • Timeline 1640 – Prologue to Rebellion in Ireland & Civil War in England
  • Timeline 1641 – The Great Rebellion breaks out in Ireland
  • Timeline 1642 – The Great Rebellion in Ireland & Civil War in England
• 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)
  • Blog Post – Selected Biographies of the Great Irish Rebellion & English Civil War
  • Blog Post – The Proliferation of Unofficial Irish ‘Farthing Tokens’ in the 17th Century