Lot 580

Commemorative Issue, Ireland, Republic (1937-date), Silver (.833) 10 Shillings, 18.06 gms, 29.86 mm, 50th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, 1966 AD, Obv: Bust of Padraig Pearse (Patrick Pearse) facing right with the country name to the left and the year to the right, Lettering: éire · 1966, Translation: Ireland · 1966 ·, Rev: The figure of Cú Chulainn (an Irish mythological hero) as a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin, Lettering: deiċ scilling, Translation: ten shilling, Edge Smooth with Gaelic writing (normal and inverted), Lettering: Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916, Translation: 1916 Easter Rising, Numista # 12041, KM # 18, very fine, very scarce.