Morbiducci's full set of eight plaster models (Irish Coin Design Competition, 1927)

O’Brien Coin Guide: I disegni delle monete irlandesi di Publio Morbiducci (1927)

Introduzione: Nel 1922 l’Irlanda ottenne l’indipendenza dalla Gran Bretagna e, dopo l’iniziale distrazione di una guerra civile, il paese cominciò ad andare avanti e si mise all’opera nel suo compito principale di costruzione della nazione. Il processo che seguì fu difficile e divisivo e una delle cose ritenute essenziali per il nuovo stato fu una…

Morbiducci Irish Pattern Coin Set (obv + rev) - one of each coin type.

O’Brien Coin Guide: Alloy Varieties of the Morbiducci Proof/Patterns (1927)

Introduction: When he entered the Irish Coin Design competition of 1927, Publio Morbiducci put forward eight reverse designs: namely a farthing, halfpenny (sheep/ram), penny, threepence, sixpence, shilling, florin and halfcrown design. To date, no pattern / proof farthings or halfpennies have been found As such, there are only 6 coins in the basic set to…

1920 (21 January) $25 Republic of Ireland Bond No. 7132 Signed De Valera. The Old Currency Exchange, Dublin, Ireland.

Dáil Éireann Bond Certificates: 1st Series, $25 (21 January 1920)

Dáil Éireann Bond Certificates Within days of being appointed Minister for Finance in 1919 Collins set about raising the funds necessary if Dáil Éireann was to fulfill its stated ambition of providing an alternative government to the British one that was operating from Dublin Castle. He announced a loan issue on behalf of the Dáil.…