Description Ireland Repubic. Easter Rising commemorative issue. Ten Shillings 1966, (KM18). Subject: 50th Anniversary - Irish Uprising of Easter, 1916. Obverse: The bust of Patrick Pearse, right. Reverse: Monument, the statue of Cuchulainn by Oliver Sheppard. Mintage: Es.t 2,000,000 (approximately 1,270,000 melted down). Catalogue: KM#18. Silver 0.8333, 30.5mm diameter, weight, 18.1400g. Edge inscription reads: EIRE AMAC NA CASCA 1916. (The Easter Rising 1916). Uncirculated, some bag marks and scratch to the obverse. SOLD.
