Description: 1966 Irish 10 shillings silver coin Patrick Pearse Easter Rising Ann ref5 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter RisingBust of Padraig Pearse (Patrick Pearse) facing right with the country name to the left and the year to the rightLettering: éire · 1966 · Translation: Ireland · 1966 · Engraver: T Hugh Paget The figure of Cú Chulainn (an Irish mythological hero) as a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin.Lettering: deiċ scilling Translation: ten shilling Engraver: T Hugh Paget Smooth with Gaelic writing (normal and inverted) Lettering: Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916 Translation: 1916 Easter Rising This is a commemorative 10 shilling piece issued in 1966 on the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. Many of these coins (1,270,000) were melted by the Central Bank around decimalisation in 1971 and many more were melted privately when the price of silver was very high in 1980/81.
Price: 30 GBP
Location: Belfast
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Year of Issue: 1966
Country: Ireland
Country of Origin: Ireland
