Description

Ireland Repubic.

Easter Rising commemorative issue.

Ten Shillings 1966, (KM18).

Subject: 50th Anniversary - Irish Uprising of Easter, 1916.

Obverse: The bust of Patrick Pearse, right.

Reverse: Monument, the statue of Cuchulainn by Oliver Sheppard.

Mintage: Es.t 2,000,000 (approximately 1,270,000 melted down).

Catalogue: KM#18.

Silver 0.8333, 30.5mm diameter, weight, 18.1400g.

Edge inscription reads: EIRE AMAC NA CASCA 1916. (The Easter Rising 1916).

Uncirculated, some bag marks and scratch to the obverse.