Ireland Bound

Greetings, I have never posted on world coins before; I collect US coinage. I will be in Ireland later this year, and my heritage is mostly Irish. I wanted to pick up a nice coin while I am there and thought I'd ask if anyone has a suggestion of what would be a nice token from my trip. Looking to spend about $300 for one or two nice Irish coins. Any suggestions would be great. Regards, Mike.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

'Top of the evening to you! I'm also Irish and my mother has been there. No real coins just gift shop stuff. Stay away from the gift shops.
I personally like the old coins from there with the harp on the reverse.

 

One of my wife's sister and her husband just got back from Ireland and Scotland. They stated and the pictures they had also showed a great time. Enjoy your trip.

 

You can look on Numista to find and familiarize yourself with some of the coinage. There is some nice conder tokens and Hibernia coins to be collected. Here are a few I have.

 

Nice Halfpenny, I am partial to the Harp though. Thank you for the tip on the Numista, I will check it out. Regards.

 

Yeah, I'm going with my sister and brother-in-law, they have been there once before. It might be good to get away from the hot weather we are getting. Not going to be working on my tan. Let the Guinness flow.

 

Have a safe trip. Here is a pic of our family home place in Ireland. My grandmother was born in this house. Our family has lived there for over 600 years. Yes, we still have family in that house.

 

That is definitely impressive.

 

Nice looking place, interesting architecture. I will stop by if I happen to see it during my travels. We are going off the beaten path for a few days after our tour. Thanks for the kind words.

 

Well, that's likely -- but on the rare occasions when they DO get hot weather, almost nobody has A/C. Here's hoping that you don't happen to cross one of the hot spells.

 

Hope you don't fry the whole village by turning on the A/C. Enjoy your trip to the emerald isle my friend. I hear that it's one of the rare places that do enjoy American visitation. My wife's family hails from there. Good sorts all........

 

Visit all the sites that you can. Truly amazing scenery. Not sure about the food there but give it a try. Buy lots of coins also.

 

I've been several times, but I never looked for coins. If I go again I'll probably search out a type set of pre-decimal coins (if I recall correctly, 1928-1969). Numista is a good resource.

Also try perusing this site...
http://www.irishcoinage.com/MODCOIN.HTM

Currently it's just a bunch of euro coins which I find boring.

Decimal coinage also bores me, but not quite as much as euros.

Also, daily multiply imbibings of the vitamin G will stave off all travel illnesses. And will restore the soul.

 

Don't forget the other Harp - it's great in a Black & Tan.

 

That doesn't look like a 600-year-old house. Lol.

 

Classic hat, I'm gonna look for that one.

 

Oh, for sure, that will be on my menu. Cheers.

 

Thanks all for the kind words and suggestions. Regards, Sting.

 

It's been upgraded many times I am sure. The original house didn't have a TV antenna. I will see if I can find any photos that shows the older part.

 

@eddiespin Here are a couple of photos that show more of the property and some of the older structures. All I have to attest to my claim is what my grandmother told me. She was born there in the 1880's and told me the family had lived there for 500 years at that time. My brother and his wife visited our family at this place. Our family is comfortable with these facts.