2 Pence non-magnetic

Features

Issuer	Ireland
Period	Republic (1937-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1971-1988
Value	2 Pence (2 Pingine) (0.02 IEP)
Currency	Pound / Irish Pound (decimalized, 1971-2001)
Composition	Bronze
Weight	7.1 g
Diameter	25.9 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Medal alignment ↑↑
Issued	15 February 1971
Demonetized	9 February 2002
Number	N# 952
References	KM# 21 Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Sp# 6708 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). , Schön# 20 Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes).

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Obverse

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

Script: Latin (Gaelic)

Lettering: éire 1985

Translation: Ireland 1985

Reverse

Decorative initial "U" resembling a bird, out of the "Book of Kells" with the abbreviated denomination '2P" above.

Script: Latin (Gaelic)

Lettering: 2P

Unabridged legend: 2 Pingine

Translation: 2 Pence

Engraver: Gabriel Hayes

Edge

Plain

Mints

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

Comments

Of the coins dated 1979, 12,000,000 were struck by Royal Mint with the remainder by the Irish Mint.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1971	75 500 000	$ 0.14	$ 0.21	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.30	$ 0.58	$ 1.10		55%
1971	50 000							$ 1.20	Proof	0.8%
1975	20 010 000	$ 0.06	$ 0.06	$ 0.17	$ 0.21	$ 0.21	$ 0.24	$ 0.46		27%
1976	5 414 000		$ 0.13	$ 0.33	$ 0.33	$ 0.58				8%
1978	12 000 000	$ 0.08	$ 0.12	$ 0.19	$ 0.19	$ 0.51				13%
1979	32 373 000	$ 0.09	$ 0.12	$ 0.23	$ 0.25	$ 0.30	$ 0.31		Irish and Royal Mint	26%
1980	59 828 000	$ 0.07	$ 0.07	$ 0.16	$ 0.27	$ 0.35	$ 0.46	$ 1.10		34%
1982	30 435 000		$ 0.04	$ 0.12	$ 0.21	$ 0.39	$ 0.49	$ 0.89		21%
1985	14 469 000		$ 0.02	$ 0.19	$ 0.23	$ 0.29	$ 0.53			12%
1986	23 865 000	$ 0.10	$ 0.13	$ 0.22	$ 0.23	$ 0.31	$ 0.41			15%
1986	6 750								Proof	0.2%
1988	35 868 000		$ 0.10	$ 0.23	$ 0.23	$ 0.35	$ 0.49	$ 0.58		18%

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