Irish florin coin
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| Florin Flóirín | |
|---|---|
| Salmon |
The Irish florin coin featured the salmon and the original minting of the coin from 1928 until 1943 contained 75% silver, a higher content than the equivalent British coin. It is believed that this was done so that the new currency would not be seen as a poor substitute to the British currency which circulated alongside. The silver coins are quite noticeable as they have a more "whitish" look than the later cupronickel variety that were minted from 1951, also the silver coins wear less well. The cupronickel variety of coin consisted of 75% copper and 25% nickel.
The coin design, by Percy Metcalf, was a diameter of 1.125 inches and weight of 11.31036 grams. The last florins were produced in 1968. When the currency was decimalised this coin continued to circulate alongside its replacement ten pence, and the florin was finally withdrawn from June 1 1994 as a smaller ten pence coin was introduced.
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| Coinage of the Republic of Ireland |
| Predecimal coins Farthing | Halfpenny | Penny | Three-Pence | Sixpence | Shilling | Florin | Half-Crown | Ten Shilling |
| Decimal based coins Halfpenny | Penny | Two Pence | Five Pence | Ten Pence | Twenty Pence | Fifty Pence | Irish Pound |
| See also: Currency Centre | Irish Banknotes | Irish Euro Coins |
