# Commemorative coins of Ireland

Various commemorative coins denominated in Irish currency were issued until 2002, when the Irish pound (IEP/IR£) came to an end and was superseded by the euro. Since then there have been Irish commemorative coins denominated in euro.

## Irish pound
### Silver ten-shilling piece (1966)

| Topic: Easter rising of 1916 | Topic: Easter rising of 1916 | Designer: T. Hugh Paget | Designer: T. Hugh Paget |
| Value: 10s | Alloy: .8333 Ag (.4858 oz) | Quantity: 2,000,000 20,000 | Quality: Reg Proof |
| Issued: 1966 | Diameter: 28.6 mm | Weight: 18.14 g | Market Value: - |
| The obverse depicted Patrick Pearse, while the dying Cúchulainn was on the reverse. 1,270,000 of the ten-shilling coins were melted in 1971. ||||

### Dublin Millennium 50p (1988)

| Topic: Dublin Millennium | Topic: Dublin Millennium | Designer: Thomas Ryan | Designer: Thomas Ryan |
| Value: 50p | Alloy: Cu 750 Ni 250 | Quantity: 5,000,000 50,000 | Quality: Reg Proof |
| Issued: 1988 | Diameter: 30.0 mm | Weight: 13.5g | Market Value: - |
| The obverse depicts the Irish harp. The reverse design features the coat of arms of the City of Dublin and the coat of arms of the Lord Mayor of Dublin ||||

### UN anniversary pound coin (1995)

| Topic: 50th Anniversary of the United Nations | Topic: 50th Anniversary of the United Nations | Designer: - | Designer: - |
| Value: £1 | Alloy: Ag 925 | Quantity: 25,000 Authorised (2,750 actual mintage?) | Quality: Proof - |
| Issued: 1995 | Diameter: 38.61 mm | Weight: 28.28 g | Market value: - |
| The obverse depicts the Irish harp and the dates 1945 and 1995. The reverse design features a dove carrying in its beak a banner announcing the anniversary dates of 1945 and 1995. ||||

### Millennium pound coin (2000)

| Topic: Millennium | Topic: Millennium | Designer: Alan Ardiff & Garrett Stokes | Designer: Alan Ardiff & Garrett Stokes |
| Value: £1 | Alloy: - | Quantity: 5,000,000 95,000 | Quality: Reg Proof |
| Issued: 2000 | Diameter: 31.1 mm | Weight: 20 g | Market value: - |
| The obverse depicts the Irish harp. The reverse design features the Broighter Boat that dates from the first century BC. ||||

## European Currency Unit (ECU)

| Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Designer: Thomas Ryan | Designer: Thomas Ryan |
| Value: 5ecu | Alloy: Ag 925 | Quantity: 20,000 - | Quality: Proof - |
| Issued: 25.06.1990 | Diameter: 28mm | Weight: 10g | Market Value: - |
| The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars. The reverse design features an Irish red deer stag with mountains in the background ||||
| Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Designer: Thomas Ryan | Designer: Thomas Ryan |
| Value: 10ecu | Alloy: Ag 925 | Quantity: 20,000 - | Quality: Proof - |
| Issued: 25.06.1990 | Diameter: 37.5mm | Weight: 28 g | Market Value: - |
| The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars. The reverse features the Irish red deer with a Mountains background ||||
| Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Topic: Irish European Community Presidency & European integration | Designer: Thomas Ryan | Designer: Thomas Ryan |
| Value: 50ecu | Alloy: - | Quantity: 5,000 - | Quality: Proof - |
| Issued: 25.06.1990 | Diameter: - | Weight: 15g | Market Value: - |
| The obverse depicts the Irish harp surrounded by stars The reverse design features the Irish Red Deer with a Mountains background ||||