DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Crown, Half-crown, Shilling, Sixpence,
Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny. _Gold._ Five-guinea,
Two-guinea, Guinea, Half-guinea. _Tin or Pewter._ Halfpenny, Farthing.
_Gun Money._ As silver.
OBVERSE.--_Type._ Sinister bust profile, laureated, on some draped,
on others undraped; hair long. The Crown has the king in armour on
horseback, with drawn sword.
_Legend._ IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA.
REVERSE.--_Type._ Shields in cross, etc. The Fourpence, Threepence,
Twopence, and Penny have the value, IIII., III., II., I., crowned.
_Legend._ MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. and date.
_Edge._ DECVS ET TVTAMEN REX, and year of reign.
_Gun Money._ Silver being scarce in this reign, an issue of base money
was resorted to, some of which, being struck from the old cannon and
domestic utensils melted down, is called “Gun Money.” The Crown, which
is scarce, has the king in armour, laureated, on horseback, with a
drawn sword, a long sash flying behind; reverse, four shields in cross,
with the crown in the centre; the Half-crowns, Shillings, and Sixpences
have two sceptres in saltire, behind a crown, between I. R.; above the
crown are numerals for value, and beneath, the month in which it was
struck. _Gold._ The Five-guinea-piece is rare, the others common. They
are of the same general type as the silver.
_Tin or Pewter._ Halfpence and Farthings: obverse, bust profile, as
before; reverse, English, figure of Britannia, BRITANNIA; Irish,
figure of Hibernia with the harp, HIBERNIA, or Irish harp crowned.
Half-farthings: obverse, sceptres in saltire, and crown; reverse,
harp or rose, crowned. There is also a kind called plug-money; this
was struck owing to a scarcity of copper; it is of pewter, and in the
middle is inserted a very small square plug of copper, to show that it
is intended to pass for copper money. One tin Halfpenny has the king on
horseback with drawn sword, on the obverse, and on the reverse the harp
surmounted by a crown with lion crest, and two sceptres in saltire; in
this two or more plugs of brass are inserted. Other varieties need not
be particularized. White metal coins were also issued.