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The Barnyard Collection was a series of coins minted in 1928. Designed by Percy Metcalfe , these coins were used as the first currency of the Irish Free State. Name
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.
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.
Two coins: 1280s and 1460: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 51: Processional cross: 1479: National Museum of Ireland – Archaeology: 52: Magi Cope: c. 1470: Medieval Museum, Waterdord: 53: De Burgo-O'Malley chalice: 1494: National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History: 54: Kavanagh charter horn: 12th and ...
The coins were produced by the Central Bank in collaboration with the Office of Public Works and celebrate Sceilig Mhichíl, the UNESCO Heritage Site located off the west coast of Ireland. The coin was part of the Europa coin programme's 2008 Theme European Cultural Heritage. International Polar Year; Designer: Thomas Ryan
Two pence (Irish coin) Media in category "Coins of the Republic of Ireland" The following 10 files are in this category, out of 10 total. 0–9.
According to authorities in the coin hunting community, collectors should be looking for U.S. coins that contain significant percentages of silver. Dimes, quarters, and half-dollars minted before ...
All Irish euro coins bear the same design on their obverse side: a Celtic harp based on the Trinity College Harp, flanked to the left and right by the word "ÉIRE" (Irish for Ireland) and the year the coin was struck, written in Gaelic type. These in turn are surrounded by the 12 stars of the flag of Europe. On the one-euro coin the stars ...