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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Andrew McMenamin, post: 4421064, member: 109008&quot;]<font size="4"><b>The bird on Cú Chulainn&#039;s shoulder is a Raven.</b></font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4"><b>Commemorative issue</b></font></p><p>50th Anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising</p><p><font size="4"><b>Obverse</b></font></p><p>Portrait of Padraig Pearse facing right with the country name to the left and the year to the right</p><p>Lettering: éire 1966</p><p>Translation: Ireland 1966</p><p>Engraver: T Hugh Paget</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Reverse</b></font></p><p>The figure of Cú Chulainn as a miniature of the statue by Oliver Sheppard, currently in the General Post Office, Dublin.</p><p>Lettering: Deiċ Scilling</p><p>Translation: 10 Shillings </p><p>Engraver: T Hugh Paget</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Edge</b></font></p><p>Smooth with Gaelic writing (normal and inverted)</p><p>Lettering: Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916</p><p>Translation: 1916 Easter Rising</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4"><b>Mint</b></font></p><p>Irish Mint, Dublin, Ireland</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1108690[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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