Image Information
Type | Coin |
Title | IRA (P) (N-21) |
Date | 1969 |
Country | England |
Institution /Catalog # |
N-21 |
Denomination | 10p |
Description | The acronyms IRA (P) and IRA (O) were sometimes seen painted on walls or houses in Belfast in the 1970s. These were indicators as to which "version" of the IRA controlled that neighborhood or street...the Provisional IRA or the Official IRA. Purchased from Paul Gorman / Belfast, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland. (Fb. 28, 2017) ($24). |
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