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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 204503, member: 39&quot;]Yeah, I have one. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I don&#039;t collect Commonwealth pieces but have quite a few euro coins, and while the euro collector coins don&#039;t have much to do with the common currency (and the Irish silver pieces cannot be had at face value), I like the &quot;Woman with the Harp&quot; design. See our earlier discussion here <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php?p=195573&amp;postcount=8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php?p=195573&amp;postcount=8" rel="nofollow">http://www.cointalk.org/showpost.php?p=195573&amp;postcount=8</a>&nbsp; Too bad that Mestrovic&#039;s designs did not arrive in time; maybe we would have seen them on the Free State&#039;s and the Republic&#039;s coinage ...</p><p><br /></p><p>These two press releases explain the &quot;background&quot; of this coin design:</p><p><a href="http://www.centralbank.ie/nws_article.asp?ID=258" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.centralbank.ie/nws_article.asp?ID=258" rel="nofollow">http://www.centralbank.ie/nws_article.asp?ID=258</a></p><p><a href="http://www.centralbank.ie/nws_article.asp?ID=259" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.centralbank.ie/nws_article.asp?ID=259" rel="nofollow">http://www.centralbank.ie/nws_article.asp?ID=259</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a picture (taken from the brochure/order form) of both the Croatian and Irish coins:</p><p><a href="http://cfmedia.gmxhome.de/pix/mestrovic.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cfmedia.gmxhome.de/pix/mestrovic.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://cfmedia.gmxhome.de/pix/mestrovic.jpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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