We are pleased to announce the new publication of Edition III of Gunmoney by Philip Timmins. All dealers and collectors of Gunmoney will find this updated referencebook highly useful.

It is inevitable that any book concernedwith the complex Gunmoney series ofcoins should require revision periodically.I thought Edition II would be a nearcomplete and definitive listing for thesubject. How wrong was I. Edition IIIincorporates many updates to each month,revised pricing and new chapters notincluded in the first or second editions ofthe book. This includes new chapters onthe manufacturing practices of the Mintsand on Gunmoney coin metallurgy whichhas increased the page count by 38 pagesfrom Edition II. I appreciate that somemay consider the book too detailed andothers not detailed enough. I hope abalance has been reached for bothbeginners, collectors and dealers.

GUNMONEY is a scholarly publicationwritten for collectors, dealers and studentsof Irish numismatics. The book isextensively illustrated and lists everydenomination that was struck and theirmajor variants. Some varieties in the bookhave never been published before.

The book is set out month by month, eachof which begins with an account of thatmonth's history of the campaign. Itincludes the coins mintage figures anddetails of the coins issued that month. Thewar diary is followed with a table andimages of the variants which fully describeand illustrate all of the denominationsstruck in that month. The table of varietiessets out diameter, weight, orientation,edge type with reference number, rarityand an estimate of current prices. The tablealso includes remarks where necessary andthe known off-metal coins associated withthat month.

Gunmoney was issued at both Dublin andLimerick and varieties at each Mint areidentified. The book also includes sectionson the white metal coinage, off metalcoinage and the Hibernia coins ofLimerick in 1691. This is an importantbook about Irish numismatics and itcomprehensively addresses the Gunmoneyseries. For easy use the book includes acomprehensive index, introduction,epilogue, chronology of events and abibliography for the references used in thebook.

Illustrations.
The book is extensively illustrated and all ofthe obverse and reverse images are enlargedto fully illustrate the different variants.

Description.
Full colour hardback; 294p; 170 x 250mm; ISBN 978-1-3999-2942-4. This thirdedition is printed on 115gsm gloss paper infull colour.

Citation.
TIMMINS, P. (2022) GUNMONEY: Theemergency coinage of 1689-1691 for theIrish campaign of James II.

GUNMONEY: The emergencycoinage of 1689-1691 for the Irishcampaign of James II is recommended asan essential reference for all numismaticslibraries.

Ordering.
Please contact Philip Timmins ontimmins.phil@gmail.com with the addressfor shipment and a full quote will beprovided.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
NEW BOOK: GUNMONEY(https://www.coinbooks.org/v21/esylum_v21n03a04.html)
NEW BOOK: GUNMONEY, 2ND EDITION(https://www.coinbooks.org/v23/esylum_v23n16a03.html)