Introduction These items are unusual insofar as they fall into several categories, i.e. coin tokens, unofficial notes. Either way, they are ‘para-numismatic’ items and are also collected by those interested in militaria, republican memorabilia and banknotes. They were produced for use in the Ballykinlar Internment Camp in Co Down towards the end of the Irish…
Background It is generally agreed that the first coins used in Ireland for trade purposes were those imported by the Dublin vikings in the mid-10th C and that these coins comprised a mixture of mainly Anglo-Saxon, with some European and Islamic (Kufic) coins also turning up in hoards and single finds. However, one pound (240…
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 …
Introduction The first phase of the Hiberno-Norse coinages were imitations of contemporary Anglo-Saxon coins. They were produced in Dublin but closely copied the style of the silver pennies of Aethelred II of England and his successor Cnut. Since the English coin designs changed periodically, the dating and sequence of their Hiberno-Norse equivalents can be identified…
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