Image Information
Type | Coin |
Title | LK (N-71) |
Date | 1997 |
Country | Eire |
Institution /Catalog # |
N-71 |
Denomination | 10p |
Description | LK stands for Long Kesh, the former Royal Air Force station at Lisburn where the Maze Prison was located. It was the site of a hunger strike by Nationalist prisoners in 1981 that resulted in the death of ten inmates. Translation of LK courtesy of a Belfast source. Coin shows some environmental staining. Purchased from Paul Gorman / Belfast, Co. Antrim, N. Ireland. (Mr. 28, 2017) ($23). |
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Image Collection | Irish Political Tokens (Nationalist Pieces) |