Ireland 1997 10 pence
In 1969, Ireland, following the lead of Great Britain, dumped her ancient sterling coinage and converted to a decimal system of one pound = one hundred pence. The first decimal coins (introduced in 1969) were the five pence (equaled the old shilling with the bull reverse) and the ten pence (equaled the old florin with the salmon reverse). The fifty pence was added in 1970, the half, one and two pence coins were added in 1971. The ten pence was struck in the old 28.5 mm module 1969-86, then reduced to 22 mm diameter for 1993-2000. Ireland adopted the euro in 2002 and all this coinage is obsolete.
Recorded mintage: 10,033,000.
Specification: 5.45 g, copper-nickel, 22 mm diameter, designed by Gabriel Hayes.
Catalog reference: KM 29.
- Lobel, Richard, Mark Davidson, Allan Hailstone and Eleni Calligas, Coincraft's Standard Catalogue of the Coins of Scotland, Ireland, Channel Islands & Isle of Man, London: Coincraft, 1999.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
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- 1980 10 pence
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- Coins and currency dated 1997
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