Medal - Irish Millennium

Location Ireland
Year 2000
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 28 g
Diameter 38.5 mm
Thickness 3 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Edge Smooth
Period Republic (1937-date)
Notice
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Obverse description Depiction of the future, two children, hand in hand, a symbol of hope as we enter a new millennium.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering 2000 IRELAND
Reverse description A spiral of words, a history of Ireland through the last millenia with each word representing past phases or events in Ireland`s history.
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering Bronze age . The Celts . St. Patrick . Saints & Scholars . The Vikings . The Normans . Plantation . Flight of the Earls . 1798 . The great famine . The Fenians . The land league . Home rule . 1916 . Independence . The Emergency . Modern Ireland 2000 ÉIRE Irish Hallmarks including special Irish millennium Hallmark
Mintage
Numisquare ID 1673734890
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