What's up plebs!
I have been silently stacking more silver lately.. nothing fancy, the regular junk stuff I can get as close to spot as I can.
This is one of the latest additions to my stack :)
A 1935, 2 Shillings / 1 Florin coin from Ireland!
You know I love animal themed coins so naturally I was happy to score this baby for close to spot. Unfortunately many of the details of the fish have been destroyed by the passage of time but that's what you get for being a cheap bastard like me π
The fish is a salmon, possibly a reference to the Salmon of Knowledge (Irish: An BradΓ‘n Feasa), a creature in the Fenian Cycle of Irish mythology. That..or they just eating salmon. Dunno πΆ
Nothing else on this side, other than the denomination (FlΓ³irΓn 2s)
If we flip the coin we have a ClΓ‘irseach, aka the Gaelic harp. Now that's a symbol I am more familiar with...thanks to being an alcoholic a beer aficionado
The Celtic harp is a triangular frame harp traditional to the Celtic nations of northwest Europe. It is known as clΓ‘irseach in Irish, clΓ rsach in Scottish Gaelic, telenn in Breton and telyn in Welsh. In Ireland and Scotland, it was a wire-strung instrument requiring great skill and long practice to play, and was associated with the Gaelic ruling class. It appears on Irish coins, Guinness products, and the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, Canada and the United Kingdom source
Not much text here either, other than the minting date and SAORSTΓT ΓIREANN for Irish Free State!
Nothing special on the edge either.
Ok, some more shots
All in all, a simple coin. Just how I like them :D
Oh, almost forgot. It's 11.31 grams of 0.750 purity. Not bad π
Ok, this is it for today plebs!
Stack on π
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Nice add. Cheap silver is the best. I just sold 20oz to buy more LTC.
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My sister married late in life, and the fellow she chose was very attached to his Irish roots. The had a simple reception, with one refinement: a harp player.
The harp side of that coin is really clear.
That would be a great coin if you could see the detail of it.
I thought that you could only find salmon coins here in Canada hehehe
nice one!
Greetings, I like the one with the fish because the detail near the edge of the coin matches like small sharp teeth, I think it looks good for the fish.
That is nice! I don't have any Irish coins at all, that design is nice. Simple yet beautiful. Great addition to your stack!
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I didn't know they were originally real silver!
Good addition. Nothing like inexpensive silver, @trumpman .
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Hahaha, I don't think you're that stingy, maybe the coin deteriorated over time, time always takes its toll on everything
A quaint reminder of my teen summers I worked on the salmon fishing ships. If only I was smart enough to start stacking then rather than spending away my cash on stupid stuff.