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Ireland 1⁄2 Crown 1930

Ireland · 1930 · ½ crown
Rare
€13.59minimum price
352,000coins minted
€18.26silver value · 10.61 g fine at today’s price
N3298 KM8 SP6625
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The coin's story

Obverse: a 16-string harp. The legend Saorstat Eireann (Free State of Ireland) surrounds it, and the date is distributed on either side of the harp. Reverse: a horse. The denomination (2s6d /leat coróin) surrounds him.

    Obverse

    SAORSTÁTÉIREANN1930

    a 16-string harp. The legend Saorstat Eireann (Free State of Ireland) surrounds it, and the date is distributed on either side of the harp.

    PMEngraved by Percy Metcalfe

    Reverse

    LEAṪĊORÓIN2s 6dPM

    a horse. The denomination (2s6d /leat coróin) surrounds him.

    Engraved by

    Specifications

    • Denomination½ crown
    • Year1930
    • Mintage352,000
    • MaterialSilver 0.750
    • ShapeRound
    • Diameter32.3 mm
    • Thickness2.2 mm
    • Weight14.14 g
    • EdgeReeded
    • ScriptsLatin (gaelic)

    Actual size

    ½ crown 32.3 mm 2 € 25.75 mm 1 € 23.25 mm

    Actual size compared with the 2 € and 1 € coins. Thickness: 2.2 mm.

    Composition

    Silver75 % Copper25 %

    Reference catalogues

    N3298Numista KM8Krause (Standard Catalog of World Coins) SP6625Spink

    Same country, same period at the scale of real diameters

    1 shilling1928 · 23.6 mm 2 shillings1930 · 28.5 mm ½ crown1930 · 32.3 mm

    By the same engraver: Percy Metcalfe 13 coins

    1928Ireland 1 shillings 1928-Proof 1930Ireland 2 shillings (guilder) 1930 1939Ireland 1⁄2 Crown 1939 1939Ireland 2 shillings (guilder) 1939 1941Ireland 1 shillings 1941 1963Irlande 1 Shilling 1963 1969Irlande 10 Pence 1969 - Le Saumon 1970Irlande 50 Pence 1970 - La Bécasse 1970Irlande 5 Pence 1970 - Le Taureau 1971Irlande ½ Penny 1971 - Oiseau sur les Rochers

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