Ireland 1955 1/2 crown

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Stack's Bowers 2021 ANA sale, lot 45124
photo courtesy Stack's Bowers LLC

This specimen was lot 45124 in Stack's Bowers ANA sale (Costa Mesa, CA, August 2021), where it sold for $110. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. 1/2 Crown, 1955. NGC MS-66. A handsome, fully lustrous coin with even dark gray to almond toning throughout." The subsequent and final type (KM 16a), issued 1951-67, was copper-nickel. This date is not rare but is slightly better compared to the issues of the sixties. The race horse depicted honors Irish agriculture.

Recorded mintage: 1,080,000 plus a few proofs.

Specification: 14.14 g, copper-nickel, 32.3 mm diameter.

Catalog reference: S-6638; KM-16a.

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, The August 2021 ANA sale: World and Ancient Coins, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.

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