Commemorative coins of Ireland
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Various commemorative coins denominated in Irish currency were issued until 2002, when the Irish pound (IEP/IR£) came to an end and was superseded by the euro. Since then there have been Irish commemorative coins denominated in euro.
Irish pound
[edit]Silver ten-shilling piece (1966)
[edit]Topic: Easter rising of 1916 | Designer: T. Hugh Paget | |||
Value: 10s | Alloy: .8333 Ag (.4858 oz) | Quantity: 2,000,000 20,000 | Quality: Reg Proof | |
Issued: 1966 | Diameter: 28.6 mm | Weight: 18.14 g | Market Value: - | |
The obverse depicted Patrick Pearse, while the dying Cúchulainn was on the reverse. 1,270,000 of the ten-shilling coins were melted in 1971. |
Dublin Millennium 50p (1988)
[edit]Topic: Dublin Millennium | Designer: Thomas Ryan | |||
Value: 50p | Alloy: Cu 750 Ni 250 | Quantity: 5,000,000 50,000 | Quality: Reg Proof | |
Issued: 1988 | Diameter: 30.0 mm | Weight: 13.5g | Market Value: - | |
The obverse depicts the Irish harp. The reverse design features the coat of arms of the City of Dublin and the coat of arms of the Lord Mayor of Dublin |
UN anniversary pound coin (1995)
[edit]Topic: 50th Anniversary of the United Nations | Designer: - | |||
Value: £1 | Alloy: Ag 925 | Quantity: 25,000 Authorised (2,750 actual mintage?) | Quality: Proof - | |
Issued: 1995 | Diameter: 38.61 mm | Weight: 28.28 g | Market value: - | |
The obverse depicts the Irish harp and the dates 1945 and 1995.
The reverse design features a dove carrying in its beak a banner announcing the anniversary dates of 1945 and 1995. |
Millennium pound coin (2000)
[edit]Topic: Millennium | Designer: Alan Ardiff & Garrett Stokes | |||
Value: £1 | Alloy: - | Quantity: 5,000,000 95,000 | Quality: Reg Proof | |
Issued: 2000 | Diameter: 31.1 mm | Weight: 20 g | Market value: - | |
The obverse depicts the Irish harp.
The reverse design features the Broighter Boat that dates from the first century BC. |
European Currency Unit (ECU)
[edit]Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Designer: Thomas Ryan | |||
Value: 5ecu | Alloy: Ag 925 | Quantity: 20,000 - | Quality: Proof - | |
Issued: 25.06.1990 | Diameter: 28mm | Weight: 10g | Market Value: - | |
The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars. The reverse design features an Irish red deer stag with mountains in the background | ||||
Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Designer: Thomas Ryan | |||
Value: 10ecu | Alloy: Ag 925 | Quantity: 20,000 - | Quality: Proof - | |
Issued: 25.06.1990 | Diameter: 37.5mm | Weight: 28 g | Market Value: - | |
The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars. The reverse features the Irish red deer with a Mountains background | ||||
Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Designer: Thomas Ryan | |||
Value: 50ecu | Alloy: - | Quantity: 5,000 - | Quality: Proof - | |
Issued: 25.06.1990 | Diameter: - | Weight: 15g | Market Value: - | |
The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars
The reverse design features the Irish Red Deer with a Mountains background |