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Penny
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Penny
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Penny (2015 coin values)
  - Image: 1980 Planchet Error – struck on scalloped edge brass blank (Philipines 5 centimos)
  - Image: 1982 Planchet Error – struck on scalloped edge brass blank (Philipines 5 centimos)
Twopence
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Twopence
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Twopence (2015 coin values)
Fivepence
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Five Pence
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Fivepence (2015 coin values)
Tenpence
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Ten Pence
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Tenpence (2015 coin values)
  - O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The 1992 Irish 10p

Twenty Pence
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Twenty Pence
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Twentypence (2015 coin values)
  - O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The 1985 Irish 20 p
  - Image: 1980 Full Mirror Brockage Error

Fifty Pence
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Fifty Pence
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Fifty Pence (2015 coin values)
  - Image: 1988 Dublin Millennium 50p
  - Image: 1988 Dublin Millennium Proof 50p

One Punt
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish Decimal Pound Coin – coming soon !
- O’Brien Coin Price Guide: Irish Decimal Pound (2015 coin values)
- O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The 1945-1995 United Nations Silver Proof £1– coming soon !
  - Image: 1995 Proof £1 coin
  - Image: 2000 Millennium £1 coin

Irish Coins (Euro)

The ECB & the Euro System explained in 3 minutes (ECB Education Video)

Preparations for a Single Currency
- O’Brien Coin Guide: Official Irish ECU and Euro Commemorative Coins / Proofs – coming soon !
- O’Brien Coin Guide: Unofficial ECU Patterns – coming soon !
  - Images: Privately Produced Irish Patterns (ECU’s and Euro)
  - Images: Irish Euro Starter Packs

Irish Euro Coinage

Non-EU States that use the Euro Currency
- Four non-EU ‘micro-states’ use the euro as their currency, minting coins with their own ‘obverse’ designs
  - Andorra (obverse designs agreed but not minted yet, i.e. these coins are not yet in circulation)
  - Monaco (2001 to date)
  - San Marino (2002 to date)
  - Vatican City (2002 to date)
- Two other European states, outside of the EU, use the Euro de jure but cannot issue their own Euro coins
  - O’Brien Obsolete Currency Guide: Kosovo
  - O’Brien Obsolete Currency Guide: Montenegro
- Bosnia & Herzegovina, another state formally ‘tied’ to the German Mark, is now ‘tied’ to the Euro
  - O’Brien Currency Guide: Bosnia & Herzegovina Convertible Mark

Commemorative €2 Coins
- ECB Special €2 Coin Designs & Rules for Issue
  - Image Gallery 2004 (6 coin images)
  - Image Gallery 2005 (8 coin images)
  - Image Gallery 2006 (7 coin images)
  - Image Gallery 2007 (7 coin images + the “50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome” coin by 13 states)
  - 2008 (10 coin images)
  - 2009 (9 coin images + the “10th anniversary of Economic & Monetary Union” coin by 16 states)
  - 2010 (12 coin images)
  - 2011 (16 coin images)
  - 2012 (12 coin images + the “10 Years of the Euro” coin by 17 states)
  - 2013 (23 coin images)
  - Image Gallery 2014 (24 coin images)
    - O’Brien Coin Guide: Commemorative €2 coins of 2014
  - Image Gallery 2015 (19 of the 26 coins planned, including the 2 that have been cancelled)
    - O’Brien Coin Guide: Commemorative €2 coins of 2015 (work in progress)

Gold

O’Brien Coin Guide: Gold Coin Prices … today !
O’Brien Coin Guide: Mintages for British Gold Sovereigns
O’Brien Coin Guide: Mintages for modern US ‘bullion’ coins

Irish Tokens

Image Gallery 1660–1685 Charles II (Tokens) incl. those issued during The Interregnum
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Proliferation of Unofficial Irish ‘Farthing Tokens’ in the 17th Century
- Blog Post – Proclamation of Charles II, 1661 (prohibiting the issue and use of brass of tokens)
- Blog Post – Proclamation of Charles II, 1672 (making current Royal Farthings and Halfpennys)
- Blog Post – Proclamation of Charles II, 1674 (prohibiting tokens of brass with private stamps)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: 17th C Tradesmens’ Tokens of Dublin (78)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Trade Token of Henry Bollardt, Apothecary (Dublin, 1654)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: 17th C Tradesmens’ Tokens of Ireland (Annamoe – Cowrey) (218)

Image Gallery 1727–1760 George II (Tokens)
- Blog Post – A New Wave of Unofficial Irish Trade Tokens in the Mid-18th Century
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Unofficial Irish Token Coinages of George II (1727–1760) “work-in-progress”
Image Gallery 1760–1820 George III (Tokens)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Unofficial Irish Token Coinages of George III (1760-1820) “work-in-progress”
- O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The Castlecomer Colliery Tokens
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Irish-American ‘Voce Populi’ Token Coinage of 1760
- O’Brien Coin Guide: Irish Evasion Halfpennies (1770s to the 1790s)
Image Gallery 1820–1830 George IV (Tokens)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Unofficial Irish Token Coinages of George IV (1820-1830) – coming soon !
Image Gallery 1830–1837 William IV (Tokens)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Unofficial Irish Token Coinages of William IV (1830-1837) “work-in-progress”
Image Gallery 1837–1901 Queen Victoria (Tokens)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: The Unofficial Irish Token Coinages of Queen Victoria (1837-1901) “work-in-progress”
- O’Brien Coin Guide: Truck/Scrip Tokens of Ballyglunin Estate, Co Galway
Image Gallery: 20th C Irish Tokens
- O’Brien Coin Guide: Curragh Prisoner of War Camp Tokens

Cardboard Coin Tokens

Prisoner of War Camp Tokens (1916-21 and 1939-1946)
- O’Brien Coin Guide: Ballykinlar Internment Camp Tokens 1920-21

Irish Numismatic News

A series of mini-blogs with snippets and links to the full story (usually newspaper articles)
These articles are specifically of interest to Irish coin and token collectors

Irish Para-Numismatics

O’Brien Rare Coin Review: The Castlecomer Colliery Tokens
O’Brien Coin Guide: Irish Evasion Halfpennies (1770s to the 1790s)

Other Numismatic News

A series of mini-blogs with snippets and links to the full story (usually newspaper articles)
These articles are usually of a “non-Irish” interest

Reviews

Old Currency Exchange site reviews and statistics
Old Currency Exchange social media reviews and statistics
Plus links to Business Review platforms
- TripAdvisor
- Yelp

Selective Reading List

Blog Post – An Illustrated Glossary of Numismatic Terms for Coin Collectors

Irish topics covers by the British Numismatic Society

BNS Online Archive
Vol 1 (1903-04)
- The Coinage of Ireland in copper, tin and pewter Philip Nelson

Vol 2 (1905)
- The obsidional money of the Great Rebellion 1642-1649 Philip Nelson

Vol 6 (1909)
- The Coins of the Danish Kings of Ireland. Hiberno-Danish Series. Bernard Roth

Vol 8 (1911)
- Notes on some discoveries of coins in Ireland J. B. S. MacIlwaine

Vol 10 (1913-14)
- Notes on some Irish coins found at Trim J. B. S. MacIlwaine
- A find of English half-groats of Henry VII in the county of Wicklow J. B. S. MacIlwaine
- A find of English coins of the Tudor and Stuart periods in the county of Wexford Grant R. Francis

Vol 11 (1915)
- A note on the “Blacksmith’s” or Kilkenny halfcrowns of Charles I J. B. S. MacIlwaine

Vol 15 (1919-20)
- The coinage of Ireland during the Rebellion, 1641-1652 F. Willson Yeates

Vol 16 (1920-21)
- An Irish eleventh-century coin of the Southern O’Neil H. Alexander Parsons
- Further notes on the Irish coinage, 1641-1652 F. Willson Yeates

Vol 17 (1923-24)
- A hoard of coins of Æthelræd II found in Ireland William C. Wells
- The chronology of the Hiberno-Danish coinage H. Alexander Parsons
- An Emergency Coinage in Ireland Helen Farquhar

Vol 21 (1931-33)
- English and Irish coins of Henry VIII bearing initials of his queens L. A. Lawrence

Vol 27 (1952-54)
- The Royal Farthing Tokens of James I C. Wilson Peck

Vol 29 (1958-59)
- A St. Patrick Halfpenny of John de Courci W. A. Seaby
- Anglo-Saxon coins and hoards found in the north of Ireland W. A. Seaby
- The myth of a coinage of the Ostmen of Dublin in the name of Tymme Sjællandsfar R. H. M. Dolley
- Two coin hoards of the rebellion period (1641-9) from Ulster W. A. Seaby

Vol 30 (1960-61)
- An apparently unrecorded class of Hiberno-Norse imitation of the coinage of Æthelræd II R. H. M. Dolley
- Some further critical die-links in the Hiberno-Norse series R. H. M. Dolley
- Five seventeenth-century coin hoards from Ulster W. A. Seaby
- Two gold coin hoards from northern Ireland W. A. Seaby

Vol 31 (1962)
- The Castle Comer Colliery token S. A. H. Whetmore

Vol 32 (1963)
- Finds of Carolingian coins from Great Britain and Ireland R. H. M. Dolley and K. F.Morrison
- The Irish coinage of Henry III D. W. Dykes

Vol 33 (1964)
- A 14th C hoard of Scottish groats from Balleny Townland, Co. Down W. A. Seaby & B. H. I. H. Stewart

Vol 34 (1965)
- The Corofin (Co. Clare) hoard – late 12th – early 13th centuries R. H. M. Dolley and William O’Sulivan
- A seventeenth-century bronze hoard from County Kerry S. N. Lane
- Castlecomer Tokens: an inquiry W. A. Seaby

Vol 25 (1966)
- New Light on the Mullingar Find of Hand pence of Aethelraed II R. H. M. Dolley
- A Small Find of the Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Pennies from Tullintowell R. H. M. Dolley
- An Eighteenth-Century Forgery of and Anglo-Irish Groat or Half Groat of Edward IV R. H. M. Dolley
- A Note on the Weight and Fineness of the 1646 Ormonde ‘Pistole’ R. H. M. Dolley

Vol 36 (1967)
- A Fourth Find of Ninth-Century Coins from Ireland Michael Dolley
- Neglected Documentary Evidence for the Currency of 14th C Scottish Coins in N.E. Ireland Colm Gallagher
- Some Unpublished Early Nineteenth-Century Irish Finds Michael Dolley and W. A. Seaby
- Le Money del Oraylly (O’Reilly’s Money) Michael Dolley and W. A. Seaby
- Elizabethan Bungal(l)—A Contribution to Anglo-Irish Lexicography Michael Dolley
- The Irish Emergency Coinages of James II D. Stevenson

Vol 37 (1968)
- A Parcel of late Eleventh Century Hiberno-Norse Coins found in Northern Italy M. Dolley and S. N. Lane
- The 16th C Coin Hoard from Moig South, Askeaton, Co. Limerick M. Dolley, C. Gallagher and W. A. Seaby

Vol 38 (1969)
- The Anglo-Saxon Pennies from the ‘Upper Souterrain’ at Knowth M. Dolley
- The Coinages for Ireland of Henry VIII M. Dolley and W. D. Hackman
- The Cloncreen Bog (Clonbulloge) Find of Elizabethan Coins from the Co. Offaly M. Dolley and A. Gunstone

Vol 39 (1970)
- An Early Fourteenth-Century Coin Hoard from Co. Roscommon Michael Dolley and Michael K. Murphy
- A Pattern Shilling Irish of Mary Tudor Michael Dolley

Vol 40 (1971)
- The Tudor Coinage for Ireland C. P. Challis

Vol 43 (1973)?
- Some Reflections on the English Coinages of Sihtric Caoch, King of Dublin & York M. Dolley and C. N. Moore
- The Extant Ormonde Pistoles and Double Pistoles of 1646 W. A. Seaby and G. Brady

Vol 44 (1974)
- II. The Anglo-Irish Portion (The 1969 Colchester Hoard) W. A. Seaby

Vol 46 (1976)
- The ‘Francis’ and ‘Brand’ Parcels of Hiberno-Norse Coins M. Blackburn and W. A. Seaby
- The Anglo-Irish Coinage of Edward III D. W. Dykes

Vol 48 (1978)
- The Hiberno-Norse Coins in Gotlands Fornsal, Visby Michael Dolley

Vol 49 (1979)
- The Hiberno-Norse Element of the List Hoard from Sylt Mark Blackburn and Michael Dolley

Vol 54 (1984)
- Letters of Numismatic Interest Addressed to John Lindsay of Cork Norman Shiel

Vol 57 (1987)
- The Half-Harps of Henry VIII’s Irish Coinage W. A. Seaby

Vol 61 (1991)
- The Early Irish Pence of Edward I Reclassified

Vol 63 (1993)
- Additions & Corrections to Thompson’s Inventory and Brown and Dolley’s Coin Hoards – Part I H. E. Manville

Vol 65 (1995)
- Some imitations and forgeries of the English and Irish Long Cross pence of Henry III J. J. North
- Additions & Corrections to Thompson’s Inventory and Brown and Dolley’s Coin Hoards – Part 2 H. E. Manville

Vol 66 (1996)
- Hiberno-Norse and Irish Sea Imitations of Cnut’s Quatrefoil Type Mark Blackburn

Vol 67 (1997)
- The Anglo-Irish Half-Pence, Farthings and Post-1290 Pence of Edward I and III J. J. North

Vol 69 (1999)
- Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coin Weights Gareth Williams

Vol 73 (2003)
- Scotland and Ireland: A Century of Progress in Coinage Studies J. D. Bateson

Vol 76 (2006)
- Currency under the Vikings. Part 2: The two Scandinavian kingdoms of the Danelaw, c.895-954 M. Blackburn

Vol 77 (2007)
- Currency under the Vikings. Part 3: Ireland, Wales, Isle of Man & Scotland in the 9th & 10th C’s M. Blackburn
Vol 78 (2008)
- Presidential Address 2007. Currency under the Vikings. Part 4: The Dublin coinage c.995-1050 M. Blackburn
Vol 79 (2009)
- Presidential Address 2008. Currency under the Vikings. Part 5: The Scandinavian Achievment and Legacy M. Blackburn

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Video Clips

Links to external YouTube clips on numismatic topics

How Money Is Made, Part 1 (The U.S. Mint)
How Money is Made, Part 2 (The U.S. Mint)
How Money is Made, Part 3 (American Banknotes)
How Money Is Made, Part 4 (Blocked)
How Money is Made, Part 5 (Banknotes)

Making Money at The Royal Mint (BBC)
The Gold Sovereign (Royal Mint)
Making the UK’s First ‘One Kilo’ Gold Coins (Royal Mint)
Making & Exporting Bullion Coins (Royal Mint)

Announcing the new Europa Series of Banknotes (European Central Bank)
The Europa €5 Banknote Unveiled (European Central Bank)
The First 10 Years of Euro Coins & Banknotes (European Central Bank)

The Life of a Banknote, Part 1, Research & Development (Bank of Canada)
The Life of a Banknote, Part 2, Design (Bank of Canada)
The Life of a Banknote, Part 3, Production (Bank of Canada)
The Life of a Banknote, Part 4, Distribution (Bank of Canada)
The Life of a Banknote, Part 5, A Greener Life (Bank of Canada)

Making Banknotes (Bank of Mexico)
Making Banknotes (Bank of England)
The Art of Banknote Design (The new US $100 bill)
How its Made (Euro Banknotes)

Engraving Banknotes & Coins (Rose Patterns, presented by Stuart King)
Dublin Artist builds house with £1.4 billion old banknotes (AFP News)

Poll – What Do You Collect?

17 thoughts on “Site Map”

Steve Blencoe says:

June 16, 2016 at 8:50 PM

Do you have an online list of coins for sale ? I am a collector of the Gunmoney series.

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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  June 17, 2016 at 8:56 AM
  
  As soon as I open my new shop, I will have an online shopping list + cart + checkout.
  Hopefully, this will be very soon.
  
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Marvin Blaine says:

July 1, 2016 at 8:29 PM

Hi! I have a 1980 EIRE 5P like listed on your site for 22,200,000. I have also seen these same coins on ebay listed from $1.99 to $4.99. What am I looking for when looking at this coins appraisal?.
Thank You,
Marvin Blaine

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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  July 2, 2016 at 11:47 PM
  
  Hi Marvin,
  My webpage states that 22,200,000 of these coins were minted (produced).
  This is not a value – just the total number produced that year.
  If you look at the other columns (to the right), you will see market values for the various grades.
  Apologies if my layout has caused confusion.
  Best regards
  James
  
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CHRISTOPER J BUDESA says:

January 5, 2021 at 11:18 PM

Hello,
Just found your page.
respectfully,
chris budesa

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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  April 10, 2021 at 8:58 AM
  
  I am pleased to see that you have. You are a very well respected expert on Irish coins. My site is a work-in-progress, so there is still much to do. Constructive criticism is always welcome.
  
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  - CHRISTOPER J BUDESA says:
    
    May 8, 2021 at 7:16 AM
    
    Greetings:
    I have some modern Irish paper money.
    I see that you lack image of the B series 50 IEP, as well as the C series 50 and 100 IEP.
    I will try to get images to you.
    Will you be adding Ireland Code letter Euro notes?
    respectfully,
    Chris
    
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  - The Old Currency Exchange says:
    
    May 11, 2021 at 1:13 AM
    
    Hi Chris,
    
    I’ve actually got the images for these notes but I need to do a bit more work on the banknote pages.
    
    In time, I will add the “Irish” Euro notes. I’m struggling to finish the Euro coin section first.
    
    Many thanks for your very kind offer.
    
    Best regards,
    James
    
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  - CHRISTOPER J BUDESA says:
    
    May 14, 2021 at 3:07 AM
    
    Hello James,
    
    Your site is an amazing resource. Tons of information assembled over the course of years. Hopefully it is backed up twice.
    
    When Ireland made the changeover to the EURO I purchased new bank notes from the CBI, 5 all the way to 500 Euro. To my dismay the 200 and 500 notes they sent me had the country code for Austria. Apparently the 500 Ireland code Euro notes are super rare and expensive. I have a picture of one if you need it. It is certified.
    
    respectfully,
    
    Chris
    
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CHRISTOPER J BUDESA says:

May 17, 2021 at 1:48 AM

Hello James,
I seem to recall the CBI was giving blocks of shredded currency to people in Ireland shortly after the changeover to the EURO currency.
By any chance do you have a picture of one of those blocks?
thanks
Chris

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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  May 30, 2021 at 5:41 AM
  
  I did have one (somewhere).
  
  If I find it, I will send you a few photos.
  
  Best regards,
  J
  
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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  May 30, 2021 at 5:57 AM
  
  This is an article about an Irish Artist who made a ‘billion euro house’ from shredded banknotes.
  – he claims that each ‘brick’ would have represented about €50,000 at face value
  – he then claims to have 1.4 billion in notes plastered all over his walls,
  i.e. almost 30,000 bricks were used (which seems a bit unlikely)
  
  Here’s the link…
  https://www.thejournal.ie/artist-makes-billion-euro-house-from-shredded-banknotes-339515-Jan2012/
  
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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  May 30, 2021 at 6:01 AM
  
  This is another article on Frank Buckley’s shredded banknote house
  – it contains more images, so maybe he did manage to obtain 30,000 bricks!
  
  https://theplaidzebra.com/house-made-of-shredded-euro-notes/
  
  According to this promotional video for his exhibition: Frank got the 30,000 bricks on loan from the Central Bank of Ireland
  https://youtu.be/nCKb86zCh4A (2 minutes long)
  
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Harry McGuinness says:

March 14, 2023 at 9:57 AM

I have a George V Penny, Britannia is on both sides but no George V and both sides have different dates 1914 & 1917 it’s worn so it don’t look like a fake.

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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  September 28, 2023 at 8:01 PM
  
  Its most likely to be 2 genuine (well worn) coins shaved down on one side and then stuck together.
  Look at the edge of the coin; check for a thin line in the middle.
  
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Charlie Barbour says:

July 26, 2023 at 1:09 PM

I have recently got a 1940 Ireland Halfcrown that I think is a fake. Have you found any 1940 fakes? Can I send it to you to see what you think ?

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- The Old Currency Exchange says:
  
  September 28, 2023 at 7:40 PM
  
  There’s a lot of fakes out there – be careful who you buy from!
  You could bring it to a meeting of the Numismatic Society of Ireland.
  https://www.numismaticsocietyofireland.com/contact_us.html
  
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