Ireland 1930 farthing
This specimen was lot 2593 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $102. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND: Irish Free State, AE farthing, 1930, Woodcock, somewhat better date, NGC graded MS65 RB. Pop 5/1 as of March 2023." After winning independence from Great Britain after World War One, Ireland went thru a civil war before settling on a free state completely separate from Britain. The first coinage of the new country was in 1928; in 1939, the obverse legend was revised from "SAORSTAT EIREANN" to plain "EIRE", which title still obtains. This date is common. The type was struck 1928-37.
Recorded mintage: 288,000.
Specification: 2.83 g, bronze, 20.3 mm diameter, designed by Percy Metcalfe.
Catalog reference: KM-1.
- 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), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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