IRELAND 

KM 24

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge - Plain Composition Rotation
50 pence 31.0 13.3   Shape - 7-sided Copper-Nickel Medal
Obverse Reverse
Inscriptions along the rim: title of state in Irish, the year of minting. In the center - the Celtic harp, a traditional symbol of Ireland.

The Irish pound was the currency of the Republic of Ireland until 2002.

 Image of woodcock, above - face value.

  The woodcocks are a group of seven extant very similar wading bird species in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.