Yes, you read that correctly. A massive €347,404,127 worth of old Irish banknotes and coins have yet to be handed in to the Central Bank of Ireland since the introduction of the Euro on 1st January 2002 – 18 years since the Euro Changeover! To be absolutely precise, that’s: €224,389,631.19 in old Irish bank notes…
2018 Market Values Ireland / Eire The normal edge for these coins is a milled edge with an ‘engrailed’ pattern which is added after the milling. Coins exist without fully ‘engrailed edges’ for all years. Most of these have two small groves in the milling at two opposite points where the ‘engrailing’ machinery started but…
2018 Market Values Ireland / Eire US Grades G VF 20 XF40 AU50 MS61 YEAR Mintage Good Fine Very Fine Ex. Fine Uncirculated 1970 9,000,000 face face face €3.00 €6.00 1971 650,000 face €2.00 €6.00 €12.00 €25.00 1974 1,000,000 face face face…
2018 Market Values Ireland / Eire US Grades G VF 20 XF40 AU50 MS61 YEAR Mintage Good Fine Very Fine Ex. Fine Uncirculated 1985 50 survivors / 500 minted ??? €500 €2,000 €4,000 €8,000 €12,000 1986 50,400,000 face face face face €4.00 1988 20,700,000 face face face face …
2018 Market Values Large Tenpence US Grades G VF 20 XF40 AU50 MS61 YEAR Mintage Good Fine Very Fine Ex. Fine Uncirculated 1969 27,000,000 face face face €1.00 €4.00 1971 4,000,000 face face face €1.00 €3.00 1973 2,500,000 face face €1.00 €7.00 €18.00 1974 …
2018 Market Values Large Fivepence Small Fivepence 1996 Ireland 5p – small format, bull facing left. Other Irish Coin Price Guides: Irish Decimal Coins (1969-2000) O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Halfpenny O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Penny O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Twopence O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Fivepence O’Brien Coin…
2018 Market Values Ireland (Éire) US Grades G VF 20 XF40 AU50 MS61 YEAR Mintage Good Fine Very Fine Ex. Fine Uncirculated 1971 75,500,000 face face face face €1.50 1975 20,000,000 face face face face €3.00 1976 5,400,000 face face face face €6.00 1978 12,000,000 face face face face €3.00 1979 32,400,000 face face…
2018 Market Values Ireland (Éire) US Grades G VF 20 XF40 AU50 MS61 YEAR Mintage Good Fine Very Fine Ex. Fine Uncirculated 1971 100,500,000 face face face face €1.00 1974 10,000,000 face face face face €5.00 1975 10,000,000 face face face face €5.00 1976 38,200,000 face face face face €2.00 1978 …
2018 Market Values Ireland (Éire) US Grades G VF 20 XF40 AU50 MS61 YEAR Mintage Good Fine Very Fine Ex. Fine Uncirculated 1971 100,500,000 face face face face €1.00 1975 10,500,000 face face face face €3.00 1976 5,000,000 face face face face €4.00 1978 20,300,000…
The fifty pence (50p) (Irish: caoga pingin) coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound. It was introduced in Ireland on 17 February 1970 – a year before Decimal Day. It replaced the ten shilling note when decimalised, albeit it could be argued that it also replaced the by then ‘elusive’ ten shilling coin (minted in…
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