Ireland 1937 shilling

Stack's Coin Galleries sale, lot 1762

photo courtesy Stack's Bowers

The first Irish shillings, issued 1928-37, featured the obverse legend "SAORSTAT EIREANN"; the second type, issued 1939-42, merely stated "EIRE." The subsequent and final type (KM 14a), issued 1951-68, was copper-nickel. Irish shillings appear more often than any other silver denomination of the 1928-42 period. This specimen was lot 1762 in Stack's Coin Galleries sale (Irvine, July 2011).

Recorded mintage: 100,000.

Specification: 5.65 g, 23.6 mm diameter, 0.750 fine silver, .136 troy oz ASW.

Catalog reference: KM 6.

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]Van Valen, Frank, and Vicken Yegparian, The July 2011 Coin Galleries Sale, Irvine, CA: Stack's Bowers Galleries, 2011.

Link to:

• 1935 shilling
• 1937 penny
• 1937 florin
• 1937 ½ crown
• 1939 shilling
• Coins and currency dated 1937
• return to coins of Ireland