Ireland 1942 chicken 1d coin

This coin has become into my possession recently but I don't know much about it except that it is Irish. What I like is the theme specially the chicken =^-^= any Irish folk in the forum knowing about this coin please supply with native information))
And what are the letters written below the chicken?

 

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Beautifully made and beautifully shaped coin. Man, If I were you I would have kept all such coins)). no regret though)) don't worry
The gaelic letters are english or else?
Thanks for the grading XF)) i am honoured))
I want more and more of irish coins))) cool hens ^^

 

@pragmatic
Here is a very helpful website that can help you with identification of most coins
I want to share this Numista webpage with you - https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=&p=1&x=12&y=12

I want to share this Numista webpage example with you

 

The hen has little chicks behind her

 

Where is their dad though? Boozing may be?

 

Yes, Gaelic - or more specifically Irish - basically uses the Latin alphabet that English uses too. So as lordmarcovan mentioned, the word is "pingin", and for the "gi" combo a ligature was used. (Similar to what you sometimes see in typography, e.g. fi or fl ...)

The little "d" (an abbreviation of denarius) also means penny. That D was used on pre-decimal British coins too.

Christian

 

I just looked into the word pingin pronunciation, seems the g is very light (almost silent) when the lateral sides of the dorsum of the concave tongue gently touches the palate! there one can make a silent g lol
denarius sounds like dinar.

 

Yep, the abbreviations of the pre-decimal units are all in Latin: £ (pound) for libra, s (shilling) for solidus, and d (penny) for denarius. And that denarius "survived" in several modern currency names.

Your pronunciation tips sound somewhat complicated. Try this instead -
https://forvo.com/word/ga/pingin/#ga
- and then click on any of the blue triangles. Two speakers, and two ways of pronouncing the word, hehe.

"PS": Most the Irish pre-euro circulation coins have animals. Makes an interesting collection ...

Christian

 

Thanks for the information, Christian. I always knew the "d" indicated penny, but wasn't aware of its origin. The use of the ligature is also interesting.

I always thought Gaelic and Irish were completely different languages, or are they just variations of each other?

Bruce

 

the first pronunciation is exactly as I figured it out
100% agree, that makes the Irish coins a great collection, collecting coins, collecting animals

 

@BRandM - Not that I am an expert but Gaelic is spoken, at least to some extent, outside of Ireland too, in Scotland for example. When the language used on that coin became an official European Union language, it was "Irish", probably to differentiate it from Scottish Gaelic and others. In Irish, however, Irish is called Gaeilge.

https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/figures/administration_en#languages
(English)
https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/figures/administration_ga#teangacha
(Irish)

Christian

 

I don't know much if any Irish Gaelic, but a wee bit o' Scots Gaelic - and it is pronounced like "gallic".

Here is a Scots Gaelic song:



Really a lovely language or at least Julie makes it so.

 

Hail hail the celts are here!!

 

Your coin is cool. Send me a PM with your mailing address if you would like some other XF examples. I married a girl from Ireland and all her relatives have given me all their pre-decimal coinage. Here are some (pretty) high grade barnyard coins from Ireland.

2 shillings & 6 pence = 1/2 crown:



Shilling:



6 pence:

 

It sure is. Not that I could speak or understand it, but the sound is attractive. Now most people in "Gaelic language countries" speak English (which is also why English will continue to be an official EU language once the UK gets out) but I am happy to see Irish and its "sisters" being actively used. For example, I have been to Anúna (from IE) concerts twice so far, one time in NL, once in DE, and loved them. I may have posted this before ...



Sorry, @pragmatic , for the digression. Then again, Collect89 just posted several of those "animal" coins that I mentioned before. Very nice series!

Christian

 

@Collect89 topnotch!! lucky you :-O
I was married to a Scottish and all I could have so far are few accidentally discovered items among regular pences and 3 promisory notes
please share your Irish collections. I enjoy watching them, man

 

@chrisild digression is the candy of any discussion

 

Thanks, Christian.

Bruce

 

Mostly Northern Irish an' Scots here wedded to a Scots lass for now 21 years! I do collect Irish, Northern Irish, and Scots of course hence the handle!

Back on topic, Limerick Ha'penny here: