Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins

Mr. Yeats & the Beastly Coins

2016-02-01 14 minutes.
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Overview

In 1926, ten years after the Easter Rising, the Irish government decided to create a new coinage for the Free State. They invited the most famous poet in the world, W.B. Yeats, to chair the design committee. Behind-the-scenes battles were fought before the new coins became one of the most enduring success stories of the new Irish state.

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