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* [[Ireland 1939 farthing|1939 farthing]] | * [[Ireland 1939 farthing|1939 farthing]] | ||
* [[Ireland 1939 1/2 penny|1939 ½ penny]] | * [[Ireland 1939 1/2 penny|1939 ½ penny]] | ||
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* [[Ireland 1940 penny|1940 penny]] | * [[Ireland 1940 penny|1940 penny]] | ||
* [[Ireland 1940 1/2 crown|1940 half crown]] | * [[Ireland 1940 1/2 crown|1940 half crown]] | ||
Revision as of 10:20, 11 October 2021
After winning independence from Great Britain after World War One, Ireland went thru a civil war before settling on a free state completely separate from Britain. 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. This date is fairly common tho the proofs are rare. The type was struck 1939-42 before being converted to copper-nickel in 1951-68.
Recorded mintage: 580,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.66 g, .750 fine silver, 23.6 mm diameter, designed by Percy Metcalfe.
Catalog reference: KM 14.
- 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.
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