Come si chiama questa moneta?

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ten bob coin, I’m old enough to remember getting these in change

Worth anything?

10 shilling, I think also known as a half sovereign but that was a UK thing – not sure it was the same in Ireland post independence. I know some terms like half crown (2s 6d, or 12.5p post decimalisation) stuck around for a bit – my grandad used the term and he was born in the late 20s.

This was probably among the last of this kind of coin minted and it’s commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Easter rising. Decimal currency was introduced 5 years later in 1971.

Like buses, no posts about schillings for ages and then 2 at the same time.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ireland/s/fs1HmPSjSq

This is an unusual Irish coin, it’s the 1966 10 Shilling coin. It’s a commemoration coin for the 1916 easter rising and commemorates Padraig Pearse. Its unusual for a number of reasons;

It featured a revolutionary (Padraig Pearse) on it and not a monarch.
It was the only (pre euro) Irish coin that doesn’t have a Harp on it
It has an inscription on the edge – ‘Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916’, which I think translates to ‘Irish Easter Rising 1916’.
Its also concave, which is weird, I don’t think I’ve come across another concave coin from any country.
It wasn’t popular, and tbh as a commemorative piece, its fine but as a coin for use, I don’t know. There were about 2 million of them produced which is a small number, out of which over 60% of them were withdrawn from circulation and melted down for their silver content.

The coin was valued at half a pound (50p) so it survived 15th Feb 1971 (Decimal Day) and was in official circulation for 36 years. I never once came across one in circulation, or ever saw one in a till or in a bank. They come up for sale or auction now and then, and even in UNC condition don’t rate a high value. However it does feature the death of Cu Chulainn on the reverse, nice to see a bit of Irish mythology on a coin!