I used my brother in law as an excuse.......:+)
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Granted it was pretty low down but I had to come up with SOMEthing 
The coins I need for my registry sets are either unavailable or too danged expensive. But I ran into
these-both high grade and reasonable-so I started a new registry set, using my brother-in-law
as an excuse.
He's a retired English professor and his speciality is W. B. Yeats.
I've been trying to interest him in coin collecting for some time and I decided to go ahead with Irish pieces
beee.....cause-W.B. Yeats headed up the committee that approved the design for them.
Flimsy, yes-but Hey! He gets to name his set and he might even be motivated to build on it from time
to time. So I'm doing him a favor-right?!!
That was the excuse I gave my wife anyway
Here's something on Yeats' involvement in the design and pictures of the coins...
In the early 1920s, the Irish government created a committee headed by Senator W. B. Yeats to determine designs suitable for the coins. The committee members were Thomas Bodkin, Dermot O'Brien, Lucius O'Callaghan and Barry Egan.
The penny coin featured a hen, reflecting the importance of agriculture to Ireland at the time of issue.
Some decisions were made at the outset. The harp was to be on most if not all coins, and all lettering would be in Irish. The committee decided that people associated with "the present time" should not feature in any designs, no doubt[citation needed] due to the political divisions which had led to the Irish Civil War. They decided later that religious or cultural themes should be avoided in case coins became relics or medals. Agriculture was essential to the economy of Ireland and this theme was chosen for the coins, which used designs featuring animals and birds.
Finally, the harp and the words "Saorstát Éireann" were chosen for the obverse side of coins. Images of animals and birds were presented to the chosen artists to design the reverse and they were also given pictures of the Galway harp and Trinity College harp for guidance. Later, the Minister for Finance decided that the value of the coins should be written in numerals as well as in words, and he suggested using plants; this latter suggestion was rejected because the competition was at an advanced stage and due to the difficulty of obtaining good facsimiles of plants.
Three Irish artists Jerome Connor, Albert Power and Oliver Sheppard were chosen, and also the foreign artists Paul Manship (American), Percy Metcalfe (English) Carl Milles (Swedish) and Publio Morbiducci (Italian); a number of other artists were invited but did not take part. Each artist was paid and allowed to produce designs in plaster or metal, with a prize for the winner. Identifying marks were removed from the designs so the committee did not know whose designs were being judged. Percy Metcalfe's designs were chosen and design modifications were added with assistance from civil servants at the Department of Agriculture.
The coins I need for my registry sets are either unavailable or too danged expensive. But I ran into
these-both high grade and reasonable-so I started a new registry set, using my brother-in-law
as an excuse.
He's a retired English professor and his speciality is W. B. Yeats.
I've been trying to interest him in coin collecting for some time and I decided to go ahead with Irish pieces
beee.....cause-W.B. Yeats headed up the committee that approved the design for them.
Flimsy, yes-but Hey! He gets to name his set and he might even be motivated to build on it from time
to time. So I'm doing him a favor-right?!!
That was the excuse I gave my wife anyway
Here's something on Yeats' involvement in the design and pictures of the coins...
In the early 1920s, the Irish government created a committee headed by Senator W. B. Yeats to determine designs suitable for the coins. The committee members were Thomas Bodkin, Dermot O'Brien, Lucius O'Callaghan and Barry Egan.
The penny coin featured a hen, reflecting the importance of agriculture to Ireland at the time of issue.
Some decisions were made at the outset. The harp was to be on most if not all coins, and all lettering would be in Irish. The committee decided that people associated with "the present time" should not feature in any designs, no doubt[citation needed] due to the political divisions which had led to the Irish Civil War. They decided later that religious or cultural themes should be avoided in case coins became relics or medals. Agriculture was essential to the economy of Ireland and this theme was chosen for the coins, which used designs featuring animals and birds.
Finally, the harp and the words "Saorstát Éireann" were chosen for the obverse side of coins. Images of animals and birds were presented to the chosen artists to design the reverse and they were also given pictures of the Galway harp and Trinity College harp for guidance. Later, the Minister for Finance decided that the value of the coins should be written in numerals as well as in words, and he suggested using plants; this latter suggestion was rejected because the competition was at an advanced stage and due to the difficulty of obtaining good facsimiles of plants.
Three Irish artists Jerome Connor, Albert Power and Oliver Sheppard were chosen, and also the foreign artists Paul Manship (American), Percy Metcalfe (English) Carl Milles (Swedish) and Publio Morbiducci (Italian); a number of other artists were invited but did not take part. Each artist was paid and allowed to produce designs in plaster or metal, with a prize for the winner. Identifying marks were removed from the designs so the committee did not know whose designs were being judged. Percy Metcalfe's designs were chosen and design modifications were added with assistance from civil servants at the Department of Agriculture.
No,no- the kids and the cat are all right honey.
It's just that I got my PCGS grades.
It's just that I got my PCGS grades.
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