By Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez for PCGS …… The name Percy Metcalfe might not ring a bell to many US collectors, but you may be familiar with his designs on 20th-century Irish coinage. The English artist and designer was born in Wakefield, England, United Kingdom, on January 14, 1895, and began attending the Leeds School of […]
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By Patrick Honohan, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland…. Currency Choices in Ireland Past and Present Introduction A certain nostalgia has recently been evident, south of the border, for the sterling link period before 1979, when Bank of England notes circulated alongside the Irish pound. But are those traditionalists looking at history through rose-tinted […]
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