Next month the Irish Central Bank issues a new collector coin. Or actually two: a €10 silver coin and a €20 gold coin. The theme is "Celtic Culture", the release date is 12 September AFAIK. This is what the coins (both have basically the same design) will look like:


http://www.numismatico.de/files/ir07silber_200.jpg (Image: Starshop Coins)

Mintage of that silver coin will be 35,000 (gold: 25,000). These are proof issues; neither of the two can be had at face value.

Christian

oooo i have to have one!!! where can i get one at?

nice, except for the font they use on the "10 EURO" inscription.

The coin is not very well "balanced" anyway, I think: One side is kind of full while the other just has the usual harp/country/year combination. But the ornament I like. The four figures apparently hold a spade, a book, a violin and - for the computer age - a notebook. The Irish central bank does not list the coins online yet; these are AFAIK the specifications of the two pieces:

Silver coin:
Nominal value 10 euro
Ag 925, proof only
Ø 38.6 mm, weight 28.28 g
Issue price: €35

Gold coin:
Nominal value 20 euro
Au 999, proof only
Ø 13.3 mm, weight 1.24 g
Issue price: €50

That gold coin will be tiny ...

Christian

Well here is somethng else for me to try and get my hands on. Getting coins out of Ireland, to the U.S., is NOT an easy task especially when they are low mintage!

The one side looks like a Jackson Pollock painting.

Hehe, except that when you get closer to a Pollock painting, it still looks like a Pollock painting. If you look closely at the coin, however, this side is quite ornamental but also symmetric. A little playful but an appropriate design for a "Celtic Culture" coin.

The central bank now has some info about the coins online. Here is a large photo of the design that shows the details pretty well:
http://www.centralbank.ie/data/CoinFiles/gold%20reverse.jpg

(This is the small gold piece, same design as the silver coin.) The description is here:
http://www.centralbank.ie/frame_main.asp?p...;nv=ncn_nav.asp

crystalk64: In the past I have bought several coins and sets directly from the Irish Central Bank. Could be an option for you too. But they charge €8.50 for shipping outside IE, quite a lot for one piece ...

Christian