Ireland 1933 3 pence
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This specimen was lot 3618 in Stephen Album sale 39 (Santa Rosa, CA, January 2021), where it sold for $156. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND: Free State, AR 3 pence, 1933, attractive luster, very decent grade for this scarce date, NGC graded MS63, S." This is a scarce date of a type struck 1928, 1933-35. 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.
Recorded Mintage: 320,000.
Specification: 3.24 g, nickel, 17.6 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM-4.
- 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 39, featuring the John Sylvester, Jr., Collection of Annamese Medals and Orders, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2020.
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