IRELAND: PROOF TEN SHILLING COIN 1966 .P.H. PEARSE. IN PRESENTATION CASE

IRISH  PROOF ISSUE TEN SHILLING COIN  ISSUED IN 1966 TO COMMEMORATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRISH EASTER RISING OF 1916.

0.8333 SILVER.

WEIGHT: 18.14GRMS

DIAMETER: 30.5MM.

OBVERSE: P.H.PEARSE ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE RISING.

REVERSE: STATUE OF CUCHULAINN, LEGENDARY IRISH MYTHOLOGICAL HERO.

EDGE:  EIRI AMAC NA CASCA 1916. (EASTER RISING 1916)

MINTAGE: 20,000. PROOF ISSUES