S.I. No. 137/1951 -- Coinage (Dimensions and Designs) Regulations, 1951.

S.I. No. 137/1951 -- Coinage (Dimensions and Designs) Regulations, 1951. 1951 137

S.I. No. 137/1951:

COINAGE (DIMENSIONS AND DESIGNS) REGULATIONS, 1951.

The Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (6) of section 5 of the Coinage Act, 1950 (No. 32 of 1950), hereby makes the following regulations :--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Coinage (Dimensions and Designs) Regulations, 1951.

2. In these Regulations, " to be provided " means to be provided under section 5 of the Coinage Act, 1950 (No. 32 of 1950).

3. The diameter of the several denominations of the coins to be provided shall be as set forth in the First Schedule to these Regulations.

4. Every coin to be provided shall have for the obverse impression a harp, together with the inscription " Éire " and the date of the year, and the reverse impression of the several denominations of the coins to be provided shall be as set forth in the Second Schedule to these Regulations.

5. Both the obverse and the reverse impression of every coin to be provided shall include a beading round the field of the coin.

6. Every half-crown, florin and shilling to be provided shall have a graining upon the edge, and every sixpence, threepence, penny, halfpenny and farthing to be provided shall have a plain edge.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Denomination	Diameter in inches
Half-crown	1·275
Florin	1·125
Shilling	0·935
Sixpence	0·825
Threepence	0·695
Penny	1·215
Halfpenny	1·005
Farthing	0·795

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Denomination	Reverse impression
Half-crown	A Horse, with the inscription and " 2s. 6d."
Florin	A Salmon, with the inscription and " 2s."
Shilling	A Bull, with the inscription and " 1s."
Sixpence	A Wolfhound, with the inscription and " 6d."
Threepence	A Hare, with the inscription and "3d."
Penny	A Hen and Chickens, with the inscription and " 1d."
Halfpenny	A Sow and Litter, with the inscription and " ½d."
Farthing	A Woodcock, with the inscription and " ¼d."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 9th day of May, 1951.

(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT.

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S.I. No. 137/1951 -- Coinage (Dimensions and Designs) Regulations, 1951.