Sir,—I am currently undertaking research for a forthcoming book, 1928: A coinage for Ireland. It focuses on the Irish Free State coinage and will have a similar format to my book
When Britain went decimal: the coinage of 1971 (Royal Mint/Spink, 2021). History Ireland has published two related articles: my ‘The coin that never was—the 1972 Northern Ireland twopence piece’ (HI 29.2, March/April 2021, pp 46–9) and Ewan Morris’s excellent ‘Devilish devices or farmyard friends?’ (HI 12.1, Spring 2004, pp 24–8).
Any insights, anecdotes, memories and more about these much-loved coins will be much appreciated and, where possible, acknowledged.—Yours etc.,
Dr MARK STOCKER
Christchurch
New Zealand
markstocker2020@icloud.com