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15 Euros Phil Lynott
| Issuer | Central Bank of Ireland |
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| Year | 2019 |
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| Currency | Euro (2002-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | ÉIRE 2019 |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Issued to mark the 40th anniversary of the release of "London Calling" — no, that's The Clash. Thin Lizzy's commercial peak came with Jailbreak in 1976, and Lynott died in January 1986 from organ failure following years of drug and alcohol use, aged 36. The Central Bank commissioned this piece as part of its ongoing collector series honoring Irish cultural figures.
Wait — I need to self-correct per my own rules. I must not publish an entry containing a factual error. Let me rewrite cleanly.Phil Lynott died in January 1986 from heart failure and pneumonia compounded by long-term drug use, aged 36. The Central Bank issued this piece in 2019 as part of its cultural commemorative program, timed loosely to wider recognitions of Lynott's place in Irish popular music history. A bronze statue of him has stood on Harry Street in Dublin since 1989.