½ Penny

Features

Issuer	Ireland
Period	Republic (1937-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1971-1986
Value	½ Penny (½ Pingin) (0.005 IEP)
Currency	Pound / Irish Pound (decimalized, 1971-2001)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	1.78 g
Diameter	17.14 mm
Thickness	1.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	15 February 1971
Demonetized	9 February 2002
Number	N# 3284
References	KM# 19 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Sp# 6710 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).

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Obverse

Irish harp with the country name to the left and the date to the right

Script: Latin (Gaelic)

Lettering: éIRe 1971

Translation: Ireland 1971

Reverse

Decorative initial "O" resembling a bird, out of the "Book of Kells" and the denomination below

Script: Latin (Gaelic)

Lettering: 1/2 P

Translation: 1/2 Penny

Designer: Gabriel Hayes

Edge

Plain

Mints

	Irish Mint, Dublin, Ireland (1976-date)
	Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)

Comments

The coins dated 1971 to 1975 were struck at the Royal Mint, Llantrisant (Wales).

The coins dated 1976 to 1986 were struck at the Irish Mint, Dublin (Ireland).

The design of the Irish Half Penny coin was based on Celtic style illustrations of Birds from the Book of Kells. An ancient Irish manuscript created by unknown monks around the year 800.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1971	100 500 000	$ 0.08	$ 0.12	$ 0.15	$ 0.24	$ 0.29	$ 0.46	$ 0.70		77%
1971	50 000							$ 2.20	Proof	1.2%
1975	10 500 000	$ 0.06	$ 0.15	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.31	$ 0.52	$ 0.52		15%
1976	5 464 000			$ 0.17	$ 0.36	$ 0.95				7%
1978	20 302 000			$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.43	$ 0.53		17%
1980	20 615 000		$ 0.12	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.29		19%
1982	9 660 000			$ 0.29	$ 0.29	$ 0.59	$ 0.59	$ 1.20		12%
1985	2 784 000									0.4%
1986	12 250								presumably melted	0.5%
1986	6 750								Proof	0.19%

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