The Irish ten shilling coin featured Cúchulainn, the mythical Irish hero, the coin was produced for the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising and commenced circulation on April 121966 and was designed by T Hugh Paget. The coin was 83½ silver and 16½ copper. The figure of Cúchulainn is a miniature of the statute presently in the General Post Office, Dublin by Oliver Shepherd. The coin did not prove popular and 1,270,000 of the 2 million produced were withdrawn and melted down, this unpopularilty maybe due to the ten shilling note which was in circulation, twenty thousand coins were issued as proofs in issue cases. The coin was the highest value Irish coin until then, at 1/2 an Irish pound. 1¢ euro coin A coin is generally a piece of hard material, generally metal and usually in the shape of a disc, which is used as a form of money. ... The Easter Rising (Irish: Éirí Amach na Casca) was a militarily unsuccessful rebellion staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday in April 1916. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... See also: 1965 in Ireland, 1967 in Ireland and the list of years in Ireland. Events February 13 - The Bishop of Clonfert protests over the content of The Late Late Show. ... The General Post Office (GPO), located in Dublins OConnell Street, is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish postal service. ... Dublins Hapenny Bridge. ...
Obverse of the ten shilling coin
The ten shilling is the only Irish coin to feature an inscription on edge until the Irish euro coins, this is "Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916", which can be translated as "1916 Easter Rising"; the inscription was in Gaelic script on a smooth edge. The coin is also the only modern circulated Irish coin not to feature the harp, instead featuring the bust of Padraig Pearse the revolutionary. The euro (EUR or €) is the common currency for 12 member states of the European Union, including Ireland. ... Patrick Pearse Patrick Henry Pearse (known as Pádraic Pearse or, in the Irish language, as Pádraic Anraí Mac Piarais) (November 10, 1879 - May 3, 1916) was a teacher, poet, writer and political activist who led the Irish Easter Rising in 1916. ...
The coin was a diameter of 1.125 inches and weight of 18.144 grams. This coin was officially removed from circulation from February 10, 2002; this was possibly just to remove any legal oversight involved in not officially removing the coin from circulation, any coins that were in circulation in 1966 were quickly hoarded by collectors and admirers in any case. February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
A IR£1 coin, featuring the Irish red deer. ... The euro (EUR or €) is the common currency for 12 member states of the European Union, including Ireland. ...
After 1942, the silver content of the half crown, shilling and floirin, previously 75% with 25% copper, was eliminated, the first of the new cupro-nickel alloy (75% copper and 25% nickel) coins were issued in 1951.
In 1959 the alloy of the bronze coins, penny, halfpenny, and farthing, was changed slightly from 95.5% copper, 3% tin and 1.5% zinc to 97% copper, 0.5% tin and 2.5% zinc.
In 1966, a silver commemorative tenshillingcoin was issued to mark the 50th anniversary of the Easter Week Rising in 1916.
The coin featured the bull and the original minting of the coin from 1928 until 1942 contained 75% silver, this Irishcoin had a higher content than the equivalent British coin.
The silver coins are quite noticeable as they have a more "whitish" look than the later cupronickel variety that were minted from 1951, also the silver coins wear less well.
When the currency was decimalised this coin continued to circulate alongside its replacement five pence, and the shilling was finally withdrawn from January 1, 1993 as a smaller five pence coin was introduced.
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