IRELAND TEN EURO SILVER PROOF COIN 2006. SAMUEL BECKETT.
ISSUED BY: CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND.
ISSUE DATE: 26TH APRIL 2006.
LIMIT ISSUE: 35,000.
QUALITY: PROOF. STERLING SILVER. 0.925
WEIGHT: 28.28GR.
DIAMETER: 38.61MM.
DESIGNER: EMMET MULLINS.
THE COIN CELEBRATES THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF SAMUEL BECKETT
OBVERSE: THE IRISH HARP , EIRE, YEAR DATE 2006 AND “SAMUEL BECKETT 1906 – 2006.
REVERSE: PORTRAIT OF SAMUEL BECKETT.
COMES IN NICE PRESENTATION BOX WITH NUMBERED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.
BECKETT IS CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE LEADING DRAMATISTS AND WRITERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. BORN IN DUBLIN IN 1906 AND EDUCATED AT TRINTY COLLEGE LATER MOVING TO LIVE IN PARIS. PUBLISHED WORKS INCLUDE: WAITING FOR GODOT, MORE PRICKS THAN KICKS, MURPHY, WHOROSCOPE…..HE WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1969. HE DIED IN PARIS IN 1989.
