5 Pence large type

Features

Issuer	Ireland
Period	Republic (1937-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1969-1990
Value	5 Pence (5 Pingine) (0.05 IEP)
Currency	Pound / Irish Pound (decimalized, 1971-2001)
Composition	Copper-nickel (75% Copper, 25% Nickel)
Weight	5.66 g
Diameter	23.6 mm
Thickness	1.7 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	15 February 1971
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 948
References	KM# 22 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Sp# 6706 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , Schön# 26 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin (Gaelic)

Lettering: éIRe 1969

Translation: Ireland 1969

Reverse

The value above a bull facing right.

Script: Latin (Gaelic)

Lettering: 5p

Unabridged legend: Pence

Designer: Percy Metcalfe

Edge

Reeded

Mints

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

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1969	5 000 000			$ 0.35	$ 0.35	$ 0.81	$ 0.99	$ 2.10		14%
1970	10 000 000	$ 0.11	$ 0.11	$ 0.12	$ 0.23	$ 0.58	$ 1.10	$ 1.30		23%
1971	8 000 000	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.28	$ 0.62	$ 0.64	$ 0.66		19%
1971	50 000							$ 1.30	Proof	0.8%
1974	7 000 000		$ 0.12	$ 0.17	$ 0.23	$ 0.70	$ 1.10			15%
1975	10 000 000		$ 0.14	$ 0.19	$ 0.26	$ 0.86	$ 0.86	$ 1.10		18%
1976	20 616 000	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.23	$ 0.48	$ 0.53	$ 0.88		29%
1978	28 536 000	$ 0.07	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.28	$ 0.58	$ 0.72	$ 1.40		34%
1980	22 190 000	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.12	$ 0.29	$ 0.44	$ 0.60	$ 0.60		24%
1982	24 404 000	$ 0.07	$ 0.14	$ 0.50	$ 0.50	$ 0.55	$ 0.87	$ 1.10		24%
1985	4 202 000				$ 0.23	$ 0.58	$ 0.72	$ 1.20		5%
1986	15 298 000			$ 0.33	$ 0.33	$ 0.36	$ 0.43	$ 0.82		11%
1986	6 750								Proof	0.16%
1990	7 547 000		$ 0.47	$ 0.47	$ 0.47	$ 0.60				4%

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