Numismatic Notes
Golden Jubilee
And so the day arrived – Saturday 5 March 2011 – and people began to gather just before 7:00pm at Wynn’s Hotel in Abbey Street, Dublin for the Jubilee Celebration Dinner of the Society. People assembled first in the ground floor lounge, (where the centre of conversation seemed to be a magnificent silver wall plaque […]
→NSI Badge and Medals
Lapel pin The Society pin was designed in 1971 by Stuart Lane one of the founding members of the Society. This pin, also referred to as a lapel pin or a lapel badge, is uni-sided and its design is based on the three crown emblem of Ireland on a long cross similar to that used […]
→1961 restrike
1928 Irish Set (proof strikings – 1961 restrike) This set of coins is a restrike of the 1928 proof set. The set was struck in 1961 in the Royal Mint as part of a plan to mint a further batch of 1928 sets. The Irish Governement had been using the stock of 1928 sets as […]
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