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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BRandM, post: 4251222, member: 22729&quot;]These two Irish coins have been damaged but with a purpose. During periods of the Irish Troubles, mostly during the 1960s and 1970s, coins from the Irish Republic circulated in Northern Ireland though the official legal tender in the north was British. Northern Ireland was, and still is, a member of the UK. The republic has been an independent country since 1922. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bitter warfare between the two Irelands led to years of violence and bloodshed fueled by political loyalty, territorial claims and religion.Though Irish coinage commonly circulated in Northern Ireland, many staunch Loyalists refused to accept it. It was quite common for them to deface the republic&#039;s coinage by counterstamping political slogans on it or physically damaging their currency. The aim was to force the government to collect, destroy, and reissue new coins. It was economic warfare of sorts.</p><p><br /></p><p>In any case, I&#039;ve posted an example of a drilled Irish Penny and an altered Irish Halfpenny. Many of these damaged coins were done in East Belfast machine shops.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bruce[ATTACH=full]1084607[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1084608[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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