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There have been three sets of coins in Ireland since independence. In all three, the coin showed a Celtic harp on the obverse.The pre-decimal coins of the Irish pound had realistic animals on the reverse; the decimal coins retained some of these but featured ornamental birds on the lower denominations; and the euro coins used the common design of the euro currencies.
Value: €20 Alloy: Au 999 Quantity: 10,000* Quality: Proof Issued: 28/04/2010 Diameter: 13.92 mm Weight: 1.00 g Original Value: €58.00 Market Value: Gaisce - The President's Award; Designer: Michael Guilfoyle Mint: Origination and production by The Royal Dutch Mint, Utrecht: Value: €10 Alloy: Ag 925 Quantity: 12,000* Quality: Proof Issued ...
Coin of King "Sihtric" of Dublin (r. 989–1036– ) Hiberno-Norse coins were first produced in Dublin in about 997 under the authority of King Sitric Silkbeard.The first coins were local copies of the issues of Aethelred II of England, and as the Anglo-Saxon coinage of the period changed its design every six years, the coinage of Sitric followed this pattern.
As 1c and 2c coins are of comparatively low value, a National Payments Plan prepared by the Central Bank of Ireland approved by the Government in April 2013 plans "to trial the use of a rounding convention in a pilot project in a mid-size Irish town", with the 1c and 2c no longer being minted while remaining legal tender. [3]
The shilling (1s) (Irish: scilling) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1 ⁄ 20 of a pound. Worth 12d or half of a Florin. The original minting of the coin from 1928 until 1942 contained 75% silver; this Irish coin had a higher content than the equivalent British coin.
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The threepence (Irish: leath reul [ˌl̠ʲah ˈɾˠeːlˠ]) or 3d coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound or 1 ⁄ 4 of a shilling. Leath reul literally means "half reul", the reul being a sixpence coin worth about the same as the Spanish real (a quarter of a peseta).
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