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Irish Copper Halfpenny Piglet Coin 1967

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Item number:	350276636466
Item location:	West Coast of Clare, Ireland
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Irish Copper Halfpenny Piglet Coin 1967

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Irish copper halfpenny. Enlarge image. Made from .955, copper and .045 tin/zinc and dated 1967. This would make a great pendant for the Irish animal fancier. The Irish Pig In point of value to the community pigs came next to cows, and were of more importance in general to people than horses. They were kept by almost all, so that they were quite plentiful and formed a valuable industry in Ireland in days gone by. The old Irish race of pigs were long-snouted, thin-spare, muscular and active: and except when fat they could scour the country like hounds. In the Book of Ailill (Irish Brehan Laws c800 AD) are a number of regulations providing for damages for injuries inflicted by pigs, but taking carefully into account whether the pig was provoked or not. It is stated that when an idler provokes a pig in consequence of which it "charges out on him" and wounds him, the owner is exempt! Muc is the Irish for Pig. A very young pig is a banb or banbh (pronounced bonniv - but now pronounced bonham - no nothing to do with "Good Ham" - well at least we THINK not !) The term "Ar mhuin na muice" means being very well off or literally "on the pigs back" Irish Coins The Irish Government appointed a committee, headed by William Butler Yeats, to advise them on coin designs and in 1928 the new coinage made its appearance. The designs finally selected were the work of Percy Metcalfe. The obverse of each coin carries the traditional Irish harp and the reverse a series of animals indigenous to the Irish countryside. These are a woodcock on the farthing, a pig with piglets on the halfpenny, a hen with chickens on the penny, a hare on the threepence, a wolfhound on the sixpence, a bull on the shilling, a salmon on the florin and a horse on the halfcrown. Because a head of the ruling monarch formerly appeared on the obverse and harp on the reverse, many people erroneously think of the animals as being 'heads' and the harp 'tails'. Apart from a change of legend when Ireland became a republic (on coins dated from 1949 onwards) these designs remained the same until decimalisation on the 15th of February 1971. The farthing was only minted in 1966 to complete the set. It was never used as currency because of it's low value. The last minted farthing used as currency was in 1959. Decimalisation was with us for over 30 years and is now replaced with Euro currency since the 1st January 2002. In Extra Fine uncirculated condition. Measuring: 1.00" diameter. PLEASE NOTE WORLD WIDE SHIPPING RATE IF YOU LIVE ON THE ISLAND OF IRELAND DIVIDE THE RATE IN HALF. Allow $4.00 for insurance, packing and shipping. Good Luck! Payment I accept the following forms of payment: PayPal

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