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

IRISH 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)

COIN ENCLOSED IN CAPSULE WITHIN GREEN PRESENTATION CASE.

MINTAGE: 2 MILLION. 

NOTE: MANY OF THESE COINS WERE MELTED DOWN IN THE 1980’S WHEN THE SILVER PRICE WAS HIGH.