They were struck at the Royal Mint in 1943, but not issued to the public as the Central Bank of Ireland decided to change from the 75% silver coinage to CuproNickel. 1943 These coins are very rare, and with a number of forgeries in recent years, it is not known how many are in existence.Most of them would make the reverse trip after the Royal Mint ordered them to be returned and melted, but 50 or so are believed to still exist. It is believed that only one bag, containing 1,000 of these still mostly silver Irish florins made it from the Royal Mint in London to Dublin. 1943: These are exceptionally rare because 1943 was the last year Ireland made 75% silver coinage.
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