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Millennium of Irish Coinage - 1997
| Location | Ireland |
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| Year | 1997 |
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| Composition | Copper-nickel |
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| Obverse description | The obverse reproduces the design of a Hiberno-Norse penny of Sihtric III of Dublin (c. 997), featuring a stylised draped bust holding a sceptre facing left within a beaded inner circle, surrounded by a retrograde Latin legend and an outer beaded border. The dates 997 - 1997 appear at the base, flanking the inner coin design, with the Irish-language legend MONAÍOCHT NA hÉIREANN around the outer margin. |
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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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