Catalog
Millennium of Irish Coinage - 1997
| Location | Ireland |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Thickness | 1.7 mm |
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| Obverse script | Latin, Latin (Gaelic) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse reproduces the design of the reverse of a Hiberno-Norse penny of Dublin, featuring a voided cross with letters C, R, V, X in the four angles within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a retrograde Latin legend and an outer beaded border. The dates 997 - 1997 appear at the base, with the English legend MILLENNIUM OF IRISH COINAGE around the outer margin. |
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| Reverse lettering | Millennium of Irish Coinage C R V X + EOLE Θ- DIFLIME ⋮ 997 - 1997 (Translation: Eole of Dublin) |
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