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Valued Member
Ireland
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Searching through my large collection, I wondered what might be worthy of a mention in this section, then I remembered My Daughter bought me these lovely coins Last Xmas, They were issued as 25th Anniversary Silver Proofs, with the Reverse Design plated with 0.999 Gold.  The First one depicts The Flax Plant with 6 flowers (one for each county in Northern Ireland, which was used in Northern Ireland for centuries in the making of linen,  The Second one depicts the Famous Broighter Collar, a fabulous gold Celtic Torque found in Lough Foyle in 1896, the collar is superimposed on a Celtic Cross decorated with spiral and geometric designs..  The 3rd Coin Depicts John Benjamin MacNeills, Egyptian Arch.  All 3 coins have the same Obverse. |
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Valued Member
 Ireland
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Oh I forgot to say, The Issue limit on this set was 750, Sorry about the quality of lighting on the photos, still learning how to photograh coins.
Cheers ALL
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Valued Member
Ireland
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SORRY Guys, I didnt realise I wasn't suppose to start a thread here, I will leave it to the Admins to remove it. Sorry Again
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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SORRY Guys, I didnt realise I wasn't suppose to start a thread here If you don't start something new here, seems like no-one else would. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Thank you for sharing that coin. I didn't even know Northern Ireland minted their own coins. I just assumed they'd use Euros.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom (or Great Britain). They still have pounds. And to acknowledge their diversity UK minted a series of one pound coins with symbols signifying different parts/origins of the country, including Scottish thistle, Welsh leek, No. Irish flax and others.
The republic of Ireland, which occupies central and southern part of the island has converted to euros.
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United Kingdom
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Pillar of the Community
Philippines
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Nice coins and nice avatar greeniejim! thanks for sharing the pic!
may I ask, whats the diameter of those coins? thanks!
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Valued Member
United States
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Wow, the second one is absolutely beautiful! I should get one of those myself.
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Valued Member
Ireland
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Thanks for all the comments guys, I have been in Australia for the last month and just got back last night. So thanks again for the the cmments posted in my absence.
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India
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