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Message:: [QUOTE="BRandM, post: 3092374, member: 22729"]I bought this 1966 Irish Florin with the counterstamp "Ban Eire Goods" a week or so ago from a man in Armagh, Northern Ireland.The slogan is a reference to efforts in the late 1960s and early 1970s to discourage products from the Irish Republic from entering Northern Ireland. The age-old animosity concerning religion and loyalty had, by this time, taken to the streets. The next 30 years of bloodshed and destruction are known as "The Troubles." There are several other slogans documented that reference this movement, including "Ban Eire Butter", "Boycott Eire", "Foreign Coin", etc. Although Greg Brunk reported an example of "Ban Eire Goods" to me a number of years ago, this is the first I've actually seen. In addition to a boycott on Irish products, an attempt was made to deny the circulation of their currency. Although Irish (Eire) money was acceptable in Northern Ireland, many Loyalists wouldn't accept it for monetary transactions. Going a step further, large numbers of coins were defaced or purposely damaged in a further attempt at keeping them from circulating. The second coin I've posted is an example of a damaged 1933 Irish Penny. This coin and several others in my collection were given to me 5 or 6 years ago by a man in the UK. His grandfather, who he'd gotten the coins from, told him that thousands of coins were drilled or filed by apprentices at the Belfast shipyards. The workforce was heavily Protestant at the time. Apparently, many of the "UVF" stamped coins we see today were also made there. The Irish Florin was acquired by the seller at an auction on the Isle of Man. Bruce[ATTACH=full]780604[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]780607[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]

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