FREE: Irish Ireland Eire Pigin Coin 1968

The listing, Irish Ireland Eire Pigin Coin 1968 has ended.

The pigin was first struck in 1928 and was last struck in 1968. It was demonetised in 1971 along with the remaining denominations which had no counterpart in the decimal coinage.
I am not a coin collector and do not know how coins are graded. But I can tell this coin was circulated and does show minimal wear. This would be a nice gift for someone interested in starting a coin collection. I will be listing other coins as well so be sure to check my auctions.
History:
In 1926 the government of the newly founded Irish Free State formed a coinage committee to plan for a new Irish coinage. The chairman of the committee was the Irish poet William Butler Yeats.
The government decision had already been taken to issue a sterling currency rather than to establish an independent Irish currency.
After some deliberation the committee decided that the Irish harp would be used as the national symbol on the coinage as it had been since the 1530's and that the reverse designs would feature a series of animals important to Ireland's mainly agricultural economy.