Image Information
Type | Coin |
Title | S Armagh IRA (BC-22) |
Date | 1969 |
Country | England |
Institution /Catalog # |
BC-22 |
Denomination | 50p |
Description | The IRA's South Armagh Brigade was among the most violent and loyal of all IRA units. See listing above of similar coin. That coin, a 1962 Half Crown is stamped "SOUTH / ARMAG / H", but has no "IRA" stamp on the reverse. Bought for 1 Pound Fifty from the landlord of a pub in Bessbrook, South Armagh, July, 1971. |
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