½ Crown / 2 Shillings 6 Pence

Features

Issuer	Ireland
Period	Republic (1937-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1951-1967
Value	½ Crown = 2 Shillings 6 Pence (½ Coróin) (⅛)
Currency	Pound (1826-1971)
Composition	Miedzionikiel
Weight	14.14 g
Diameter	32.3 mm
Thickness	2.25 mm
Shape	Okrągły
Technique	Frezowana
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 5188
References	KM# 16a, 17 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Sp# 6638 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).

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Obverse

(en) Cláirseach (or Gaelic harp) flanks country name and date.

Script: łacina (gaelicki)

Lettering:
éIRe
1966

Reverse

(en) Irish Hunter horse, facing left, engraver's initials at the bottom.

Script: łacina (gaelicki)

Lettering:
leat coRóin
2s6d
PM

Engraver: Percy Metcalfe

Edge

Trzcina Automatically translated

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower Hill), London, United Kingdom (1810-1975)

Comments

(en) In 1961 an error mule was made - about 50,000 were minted (KM# 17) using the dies of the 1928-1937 coins (wider tail with 8 strands, dot above T points to a bead, the 2 has longer base, open small d, O closer to I).

The 1961 mule coin shown on the left

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1959-1964 Coins of Ireland

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Date	Mintage	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1951	800 000	$ 1.30	$ 2.30	$ 5.30	$ 7.00	$ 15		14%
1951							(en) Proof	0.3%
1954	400 000		$ 3.10	$ 7.50	$ 11	$ 14		8%
1954							(en) Proof	0.2%
1955	1 080 000	$ 2.00	$ 2.60	$ 2.90				15%
1955							(en) Proof	0.4%
1959	1 600 000	$ 2.70	$ 2.70	$ 2.70	$ 21	$ 21		17%
1959							(en) Proof	0.5%
1961	3 000 000	$ 0.28	$ 1.80	$ 3.40				16%
1961							(en) Proof	0.2%
1962	3 200 000	$ 1.70	$ 2.30	$ 2.90				28%
1962							(en) Proof	0.3%
1963	2 400 000	$ 1.20	$ 2.00	$ 2.50	$ 3.20	$ 4.90		20%
1963							(en) Proof	0.4%
1964	3 200 000		$ 1.20	$ 3.80	$ 4.40	$ 4.40		25%
1966	700 000		$ 4.00	$ 4.00	$ 4.00	$ 4.20		11%
1967	2 000 000		$ 1.30	$ 3.70	$ 3.70	$ 3.70		11%

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232125 Lot 64561	23 Jun 2021	1951	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232124 Lot 63551	16 Jun 2021	1951	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Select Auction 232336 Lot 61374	31 Aug 2023	1954	UNC	The lot includes several items.
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	Heritage Auctions The Denis Burger Collection of Crowns and Mint Errors Monthly World and Ancient Coin Auction 271911 Lot 40189	17 Mar 2019	1959	AU (PCGS AU55)	USD 312.00 (incl. buyer's premium)
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