Penny (Irish pre-decimal coin)
- Penny (Irish pre-decimal coin)
IrishCoinInfobox
EN-NAME = Penny
GA-NAME = Pingin
DESIGN = Hen and Chickens
The penny coin was the third smallest denomination of the Irish pound at 1/240 of a pound. At the time of the coin's introduction it was described as "most frequently used by the women of the house and by the children", Fact|date=October 2007 but in the Irish Free State of 1928 that declaration was largely ignored.
Of the original series of Irish coins, produced in 1928, this coin is the only to feature an inanimate object - the hen clutches an arrowhead in its left claw. Fact|date=October 2007
The design was by the English artist Percy Metcalf. The coin diameter was 1.215 inches (30.9 mm) and the weight was 9.44984 grams.Fact|date=October 2007 The coin was introduced in 1928 and ceased to be legal tender on December 31, 1971.
External links
* [http://www.irishcoinage.com/MODCAT.HTM#modpe Irish Coinage website - catalogue - penny. ]
* [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZSI204Y1971.html Coinage (Calling In) Order, 1971]
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