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Central Bank of Ireland Proposed 2016/2017 Coin Issue Programme

Friday 5th February 2016

Overview

• 2015 Programme
• 2016 Programme

– Proclamation of the Irish Republic / 1916 Remembered

• €2 circulating coin
• Silver and gold proof coins

– Additional 2016 Proof coins (Europa Star & Science and Invention)

2015 Releases

€15 Silver Proof Coin Ernest Walton €15 Silver Proof Coin WB Yeats €10 Silver Proof Coin 70th Anniversary of Peace in Europe

Proposed 2016/2017 Coin Issue Programme

• 2016 – Ireland’s biggest ever commemorative coin

programme

– 100th Anniversary of the Easter Rising and the Proclamation of the Irish Republic – Ireland’s first national commemorative circulating Euro coin – Continuation of other coin series (Europa Star and Science & Inventions)

2016 Coin Issue Programme

Coin Set

Issue Date Issue No. 2016 Coin Card January 75,000 2016 Bookmark January 25,000 2016 €2 Proof Coin January 20,000 2016 Proof Set January 4,000 2016 Annual Mint Set January 50,000 €15 Silver Proof Coin (Proclamation) March 18,000 €50 Gold Proof Coin (Proclamation) March 5,500 2016 Gold and Silver Proof Double Set March 2,000 €100 Gold Proof Coin March 1,000 €10 Silver Proof Coin (Europa Star) June 6,000 €15 Silver Proof Coin (Irish Science and Inventions

series – Sir Charles Algernon Parsons)

September TBC

€2 Product Range

1916 Remembered

• 1916 Rising – founding event of the Irish State
• Proclamation of the Republic

– Forward looking document

• Statue of Hibernia on top of the General Post Office

– Overlooking events on that day

• Coin designed by Emmet Mullins

National Coverage of Coin Programme

• RTÉ
• UTV Ireland
• The Irish Times
• Irish Independent
• Sunday Business Post
• Newstalk
• The Journal
• Entertainment.ie
• Joe.ie

1916 Gold and Silver Proof Coins

Designer: Michael Guilfoyle

• .925 Sterling Silver
• 38.61 mm
• 28.28 g
• .999 Gold
• 22 mm
• 0.25 oz
• .999 Gold
• 28 mm
• 0.5 oz

Central Bank of Ireland 2016 Coin Issue Programme €10 Silver Proof European Silver Coin Programme Modern 20th Century Europe

• Mintage:

6,000

• Cut diameter:

38.61mm

• Weight:

28.28grammes

• Shape:

Round

• Edge:

Milled

• Alloy:

Sterling Silver .925g

• Quality:

Proof

• Designer:

TBC

• Launch date:

June 2016

2016 Coin Issue Programme

€15 Silver Proof Science and Inventions Series – Sir Charles Algernon Parsons (1854-1931)

• Engineer
• Steam Power Turbine
• Forerunner of turbo-electric

generators

• ‘Father of the jet engine’

2016 Coin Issue Programme

€15 Silver Proof Science and Inventions Series – Charles Parsons

• Mintage:

TBC

• Cut diameter:

38.61mm

• Weight:

28.28grammes

• Shape:

Round

• Edge:

Milled

• Gauge:

2.38mm

• Alloy:

Sterling Silver .925g

• Quality:

Proof

• Designer:

TBC

• Launch date:

September 2016

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