6 Pence - Curragh Internment Camp

6 Pence - Curragh Internment Camp - obverse6 Pence - Curragh Internment Camp - reverse

Obverse © mickfinn (CC BY-NC)

Features

Location Ireland
Type Confinement tokens › Internment or prison token
Year 1940
Value 6 Pence (1⁄40)
Composition Brass
Weight 7.16 g
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
145006

Obverse

CURRAGH around at the top, the date horizontal at the bottom and 6d on a central circular raised field.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CURRAGH
6d
1940

Reverse

Blank.

Edge

Plain

Comments

Some interesting background history about those tokens can be found here:

https://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2015/11/12/obrien-coin-guide-curragh-prisoner-of-war-camp-tokens/

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1940 

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