Last month I was a member of the club who is always out metal detectings. He finds some really great stuff too. He had found a coin which was damaged and in two pieces - usually milled coins are very strong and don't break easily. Here is acopy of the coin
This coin is was identified as a gunmoney crown issued about May - July 1690 in Dublin and possibly until August or September 1690 in Limerick (source http://www.irishcoinage.com/GUNMONEY.HTM)
It also states that gunmoney crown proofs or trials occur in a variety of metals including gold, silver and tin. Obviously explaining why this particular coin became so brittle - it wasn't gold or silver :-)
Here is another image of a half crown. They really were great coins.
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