This is a Scarce 1930 Irish Silver Florin (two shillings) in this condition 

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The reverse design featuring a salmon was by English artist Percy Metcalfe. The obverse featured the Irish harp. From 1928 to 1937 the date was split either side of the harp with the name Saorstat Eireann circling around. From 1938 to 1968 the inscription changed to Eire on the left of the harp and the date on the right. The fishing industry was (and is) very important to the Irish economy. The salmon represents both the sea fisheries and the freshwater game fishing.

The florin was first struck in 1928 in .750silver. The final silver issue was in 1943. The 1951 issue was the first in cupro nickel. The decision to issue change the coin's metal content to cupro nickel was made before the 1943 coins were issued. So the 1943 coins and some of the 1942 coins were returned to the mint for melting. However, a very small number of the 1943 halfcrowns and an even smaller number of the 1943 florins made it into circulation. A huge number of pre 1944 Irish Silver Coins were melted down for their silver content making the 1930 florin much scarcer than its low mintage of 330,000 suggests.

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