Comgall
E670
$75.00
Silver-plated man's case, dustproof construction,
diam. 1.25ins. (33mm), Japanese quartz movement, 3 year battery, stainless
steel back, black intelaced leather band.
Saint Comgall, an early Irish saint, who flourished in the sixth century, was the founder and abbot of the great Irish monastery at Bangor (near Belfast).
2p
The design is based on the new two pence coin,
which was decimalised in 1971.
It was made in bronze.
The coin was designed by the Irish artist Gabriel Hayes and the design
is adapted from the Second Bible of Charles the Bald (Holy Roman Emperor
823 - 877AD), held at Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
The coin was 1/50 of an Irish Pound and was withdrawn on the advent
of the Euro.
