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10 Euros 70 years of peace in Europe
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ireland |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Thickness | 2.8 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts three doves in dynamic flight, their outstretched wings intertwined in a swirling, circular composition that fills the central field, symbolizing peace and freedom in Europe. The birds are rendered with expressive, flowing feather detail, creating a sense of movement and harmony. A circular legend in the Irish language runs along the periphery of the field, reading 'SÍOCHÁIN SAORÁIDÍ EORPA', meaning 'Freedom Peace Europe'. The denomination '10 EURO' appears in the lower portion of the field, below the central device. The overall design commemorates seventy years of peace in Europe following the end of World War II. |
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Ireland issued this piece in 2015 to mark seventy years since the end of World War II in Europe — a conflict in which Ireland itself remained officially neutral under Éamon de Valera's government, a policy that drew sharp Allied criticism and remains contested by historians. The neutrality was pragmatic rather than ideological, shaped largely by partition politics and a deep wariness of British alliance.
The KM#85 attribution places it firmly in the commemorative series the Central Bank has issued sporadically since the euro adoption, none of which circulated.