Irish Free State pattern florin by Italian artist Publio Morbiducci sells for £12,400, prompting a market price update for ...

The 1943 florin coin, with a fish on it, can be worth thousands. Brendan said: “If you can get that in 1943, ... Another "rare" Irish coin to look out for is the 1940 penny.

A rare Irish coin from 1985 could fetch thousands of Euro at an upcoming auction in Dublin. ... making it one of the rarest Irish modern coins, even scarcer than the 1943 florin. ...

But since the Euro replaced the 'old' Irish money in 2002, these coins are now worth a lot more. So much so, that some could fetch you almost €8,000 if you can dig them out of an old change purse.

Readers of a certain age will remember the florin, or flóirín as it was in Irish. Those of an uncertain age will even recall when it was Ireland’s two-shilling coin, complete with the leaping ...

Rare items at an auction of Irish coins and banknotes to be held today include Bronze Age Irish ring money, a 1943 florin and a set of Morbiducci pattern coins. The 1943 florin - a two-shilling ...

Percy Metcalfe's designs for the florin (salmon), sixpence (wolfhound) and threepence (hare) ... From RTÉ Radio 1's History Show, Colette Kinsella on who put the harp on Irish coins.

A RARE Irish 20p coin could fetch up to €6,000 at an auction next month. The trial coin, dating from 1985, is set to go under the hammer at Whyte’s auction house in Dublin next month. Accordi… ...