This is the most I've ever seen one of these going for

MSD61

Yes, these have become very popular these Irish 1966 10 shillings. But I have never seen a non proof go for this amount.
10 Shilling

This Cavking person is putting huge bids on some of these non-proof 10 shillings. I didn't know you could keep you feedback private


I'm sorry but $29 bucks is just a little steep on this shilling.

And yet another....with a big fat fingerprint on it.

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cosmicdebris

I have tried for the past 2 years to snag one of these and everytime I get outbid.

Lloyd

MSD61

Right now on Ebay here in the states there is only one proof 10 shilling up for bids. The rest that are up have already gone past the present bid of the proof. I was bidding in a few and got an email from another bidder on the same auction telling me "they're mine you have no chance to beat me out for these." Can you believe that? What in the blazes is going on? Are they melting these bloody things down again???

And he/she's right when regular issues of these coins start going for almost the cost of a proof I will butt out. Let em pay threw the nose for 'em

cosmicdebris

Dang another slips through my hands

lordmarcovan

Madness!

harasha

Eh. I think that I picked one up for $10 at a local coin show within the past year. BU. Considering some of the truly wonderful coins that have come out of the Irish Republic, why would this one be so popular?

MSD61

Here is a short verison on why these coins are becoming so very popular. This coin was issued in 1966 on the fiftieth anniversary of the Easter Rising in 1916. This was the Republic of Ireland's first commemorative silver coin and portrays teacher Patrick Pearce, who led the 1916 Rising against British rule, proclaiming an independent Ireland at the Dublin Post Office. Many of these coins were melted down 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.


From 1928 until 2001, the Republic of Ireland had its own currency, with notes and coins. Now with the introduction of the single European currency, the Euro, this aspect of Irish culture has disappeared. There are two other, legal tender, commemorative coins issued in the Republic:

1988 - Cupro-Nickel - 50p - Shield of Dublin, with three burning castles on front. To commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Dublin (The Dublin Millennium). Designed by Tom Ryan.

2000 - Cupro-Nickel - £1 - An image of the golden model 'Broighter' boat which dates from the 1st Century BC on the front and the word 'Millennium'. To celebrate the year 2000 Millennium. Designed by Alan Ardiff and Garrett Stokes.