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Revision as of 23:07, 20 January 2024
The first Irish shillings, issued 1928-37, featured the obverse legend "SAORSTAT EIREANN"; this 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.
Recorded mintage: 286,000 plus proofs.
Specification: 5.65 g, 23.6 mm diameter, .750 fine silver, .136 troy oz ASW.
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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