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All Irish euro coins bear the same design on their obverse side: a Celtic harp based on the Trinity College Harp, flanked to the left and right by the word "ÉIRE" (Irish for Ireland) and the year the coin was struck, written in Gaelic type. These in turn are surrounded by the 12 stars of the flag of Europe. On the one-euro coin the stars ...
There have been three sets of coins in Ireland since independence. In all three, the coin showed a Celtic harp on the obverse.The pre-decimal coins of the Irish punt had realistic animals on the reverse; the decimal coins retained some of these but featured ornamental birds on the lower denominations; and the euro coins used the common design of the euro currencies.
Ireland adopted the euro as its currency along with most of its EU partners on 1 January 2002. The national side of the Irish euro coins bears the coat of arms of Ireland and the 12 stars of the EU, the year of imprint and the Irish name for Ireland, Éire, in the traditional Irish script. These coins circulate throughout the eurozone.
A silver 15 Euro Proof Coin commemorating Ernest Walton (1903–1995), an Irish physicist and 1951 Nobel laureate for being the first person to artificially split the atom. A silver 15 Euro Proof Coin commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of W. B. Yeats, Irish poet and Nobel Laureate.
Irish euro coins; Euro gold and silver commemorative coins (Ireland) F. Farthing (Irish coin) Fifty pence (Irish coin) Five pence (Irish coin) Florin (Irish coin) H.
The euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. [2] It had been a goal of the European Union (EU) and its predecessors since the 1960s. [2] The Maastricht Treaty entered into force in 1993 with the goal of creating economic and monetary union by 1999 for all EU states except the United Kingdom and Denmark (even though Denmark has a fixed exchange rate policy with the euro).
The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars. The reverse features the Irish red deer with a Mountains background Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration Designer: Thomas Ryan Value: 50ecu Alloy: - Quantity: 5,000 - Quality: Proof - Issued: 25.06.1990 Diameter: - Weight: 15g Market Value: -
Mint master marks on Belgian euro coins; Mark Mark description Name of mint master Coin dates Scale: Romain Coenen: 1999–2009 (€2 commemorative coins) 2008–2009 (standard issue euro coins) [8] Quill: Serge Lesens: 2009-2012 (€2 commemorative coins) 2010–2012 (standard issue euro coins) [9] Cat: Bernard Gillard: 2012-2016 ...