Ireland 1935 shilling

Stack's Bowers 2024 NYINC sale, lot 57285

This specimen was lot 57285 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2024), where it sold for $480. The catalog description^[1] noted, "IRELAND. Shilling, 1935. London Mint. PCGS MS-65." This type is listed for 1928-37, after which the country name was changed to simply "Eire." This date is fairly common. Irish coinage was designed to circulate alongside British coinage which was 0.500 fine silver in the thirties.

Recorded mintage: 400,000 plus proofs.

Specification: 5.65 g, 0.750 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: KM-6; S-6627.

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), Pre-Decimal Issues, 2nd edition, London: Spink & Son, 2003.
• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, January 2024 NYINC Auction, featuring the Emilio M Ortiz Collection and a Symphony of Russian Rarities, the Rothschild-Piatigorsky Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, Inc., 2023.

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