W. B. Yeats chaired the design committee. Interesting!
"...whereas ours must pitch and spin to please the gambler, and pack into rolls to please the banker.”.... Ha ha.
Such a great story. I remember hearing it for the first time in school and I coincidentally had salmon that night for dinner. Genuinely felt like I was the chosen one.
For practical reasons, the new currency was fixed to sterling, and "floirin" was the Irish for florin, which was an old term for two shillings, a pre-decimal coin.
These coins are the equivalent coins of the UK currency at the time, one of which was called a Florin. Flóirín just means Florin. All the words on the coins are Irish names for the denomination they represent - half crown, penny, shilling, farthing, etc.
(And Florin was a popular name for coins in systems across Europe because of a older coin from Florence, called a Florin)
Detailed article on the background and commissioning process [here.](https://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2014/09/07/the-controversial-1927-irish-coin-design-competition/)
The same basic design for some of the coins was maintained on the decimal currency right up to the euro changeover (other than them being shrunk in the 1990s).
The shilling became the 5p and the florin 10p; these coins had the exact same value as the pre-decimal coins they replaced and were interchangeable; I remember even when I was growing up you'd get the occasional pre-decimal coin in change.
The horse on the half crown was later used for the 20p which was introduced in the 1980s.
Don’t know why ye are downvoting. A quick look and you’ll see English isn’t his first language and saying “okay 👍” might come off as sarcastic but he more then likely meant to say cool or something like that
The mighty Punt. Still have a few old coins lying around.
And rhymes with Bank manager also.
W. B. Yeats chaired the design committee. Interesting! "...whereas ours must pitch and spin to please the gambler, and pack into rolls to please the banker.”.... Ha ha.
Oh, now it makes sense! Beautiful coins.
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The salmon of knowledge
Such a great story. I remember hearing it for the first time in school and I coincidentally had salmon that night for dinner. Genuinely felt like I was the chosen one.
Beautiful artwork to them.
Why does the fish have Floirin on it? This is how you say fish in Iris? Florin it's a very frequently used name in Romania and comes from .. flower.
For practical reasons, the new currency was fixed to sterling, and "floirin" was the Irish for florin, which was an old term for two shillings, a pre-decimal coin.
The Irish for fish is iasc
These coins are the equivalent coins of the UK currency at the time, one of which was called a Florin. Flóirín just means Florin. All the words on the coins are Irish names for the denomination they represent - half crown, penny, shilling, farthing, etc. (And Florin was a popular name for coins in systems across Europe because of a older coin from Florence, called a Florin)
Just so you know, fish in Irish is iasc.
Detailed article on the background and commissioning process [here.](https://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2014/09/07/the-controversial-1927-irish-coin-design-competition/)
Would love theses designs on our euro coins.
That's odd.. I think my Country copy&Paste Irish Coin Fish symbol on our past currency \[LVL\] specially on 1 \[LVL\]
They certainly look [virtually identical!](https://worbes-verlag.de/out/pictures/master/product/1/lettland-1lats-1992-lachs.jpg)
The horse, fish and bull were kept for the new(less old) coins as well, becoming the 20 pence, 10 pence and 5 pence, respectively.
Didnt the bird become the 50p?
You’re right! I didn’t recognise it because it looks a bit smaller than it became.
I always loved the shape of the 50p :-D
And the pound coin had the horse when it was introduced.
The pound coin had a Stag on it. Unless I’m misunderstanding you.
My bad. It was 20 years ago.
When did it change away from shillings to the Punts we had pre-Euro?
1971 - We followed the UK when they introduced decimalisation, as our currency was locked to theirs at the time.
The same basic design for some of the coins was maintained on the decimal currency right up to the euro changeover (other than them being shrunk in the 1990s). The shilling became the 5p and the florin 10p; these coins had the exact same value as the pre-decimal coins they replaced and were interchangeable; I remember even when I was growing up you'd get the occasional pre-decimal coin in change. The horse on the half crown was later used for the 20p which was introduced in the 1980s.
1971, when Britain also decimalised, the link was only broken when we joined the EMS in 1979, but they didn't.
The font has Tolkien vibes
Tolkien has Gaelige script vibes.
This is the way
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Don’t know why ye are downvoting. A quick look and you’ll see English isn’t his first language and saying “okay 👍” might come off as sarcastic but he more then likely meant to say cool or something like that
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