Cláirseach (or Gaelic harp) dividing the date
Lettering:
SAORSTÁT
ÉIREANN
19 28
Translation:
Irish
Free State
1928
Engraver: Percy Metcalfe
An Irish Hunter horse facing left with the denomination below
Lettering:
LEAT
CORÓIN
2S 6D
PM
Translation:
Half
crown
2 Shillings 6 Pence
PM
Engraver: Percy Metcalfe
Reeded
Irish Mint, Dublin, Ireland
Irish Free State (1922–1937) became an independent state (from the British Empire) and was established in 1922, and was renamed Éire in 1937. Article 4 of the Irish constitution adopted in 1937 by the government under Éamon de Valera states that Éire is the name of the state, or in the English language, Ireland.
Varieties exist, such as:
Close O and I in COROIN
8 tufts in horse's tail, with 156 beads