Ireland 1930 1/2 crown

Goldberg sale 69, lot 4951

This specimen was lot 4951 in Goldberg sale 69 (Los Angeles, May, 2012), where it sold for $891.25. The catalog description ^[1] noted, "Ireland. Half Crown, 1930. Irish harp. Reverse: Horse. NGC graded MS-64. The Judy Cahn Collection." This type is listed for 1928-37, after which the country name was changed to simply "Eire." This date is scarce but not rare like the 1937. Irish coinage was designed to circulate alongside British coinage which was 0.500 fine silver in the thirties.

Recorded mintage: 352,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 14.13 g, 0.750 fine silver.

Catalog reference: S.6625; KM-8.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Skingley, Philip, ed., Standard Catalogue of British Coins: Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Man & Lundy), * ^[1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, * ^[1]Goldberg, Ira, Larry Goldberg, Stephen Harvey and Paul Rynearson, Goldberg sale 69: the Pre-Long Beach Auction, Ancient and World Coins, Los Angeles: Goldberg Coins and Collectibles, 2012.

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