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This specimen was lot 7503 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Ireland|IRELAND]]. Florin, 1941. PCGS MS-65. A crisply struck and fully lustrous example of this elegant, simple design type, with a subtle but pleasing mix of orange to aquamarine toning." The first [[Ireland 1930 florin|Irish florins]] (= two shillings), issued 1928-37, featured the obverse legend "SAORSTAT EIREANN"; this type, issued 1939-43, merely stated "EIRE." The subsequent and final type (KM 15a), issued 1951-69, was copper-nickel. The reverse depicts a salmon, a fish common in Irish rivers. | This specimen was lot 7503 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "[[Ireland|IRELAND]]. Florin, 1941. PCGS MS-65. A crisply struck and fully lustrous example of this elegant, simple design type, with a subtle but pleasing mix of orange to aquamarine toning." The first [[Ireland 1930 florin|Irish florins]] (= two shillings), issued 1928-37, featured the obverse legend "SAORSTAT EIREANN"; this type, issued 1939-43, merely stated "EIRE." The subsequent and final type (KM 15a), issued 1951-69, was copper-nickel. The reverse depicts a salmon, a fish common in Irish rivers. | ||
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''Specification:'' 11.31 g, 28.5 mm diameter, .750 fine silver, .272 troy oz ASW, designed by Percy Metcalfe. | ''Specification:'' 11.31 g, 28.5 mm diameter, .750 fine silver, .272 troy oz ASW, designed by Percy Metcalfe. | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 30 March 2022
This specimen was lot 7503 in Stack's Bowers NYINC sale (New York, January 2022), where it sold for $336. The catalog description[1] noted, "IRELAND. Florin, 1941. PCGS MS-65. A crisply struck and fully lustrous example of this elegant, simple design type, with a subtle but pleasing mix of orange to aquamarine toning." The first Irish florins (= two shillings), issued 1928-37, featured the obverse legend "SAORSTAT EIREANN"; this type, issued 1939-43, merely stated "EIRE." The subsequent and final type (KM 15a), issued 1951-69, was copper-nickel. The reverse depicts a salmon, a fish common in Irish rivers.
Recorded mintage: 400,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 11.31 g, 28.5 mm diameter, .750 fine silver, .272 troy oz ASW, designed by Percy Metcalfe.
Catalog reference: S-6634; KM-15.
- 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 2022 NYINC Sale: World and Ancient Coins, featuring the Mark and Lottie Salton Collection and the Pat Johnson Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2021.
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