Christopher Ironside coins of the British Commonwealth had their reverse designed by Christopher Ironside. These coins were struck as (Board 1): Under the provision of the Manx Decimal Currency Act of 1970, a decimal series of coins for the Isle of Man were prepared and released on 20 October 1971 (½, 1, 2, 5, 10 and 50 new pence coins). The reverse of most of these coins was designed by Christopher Ironside. This set had the same composition and size as the corresponding British coins. These coins were struck as: 1971 first decimal set (issued from 1971 to 1974): As a country
Decimal Day the 1s, 2s and 10s coins, were called in during the initial process between 1969 and 1972; the ten shilling coin, which, as recently issued and in any event equivalent to 50p, was permitted to remain outstanding (though due to silver content, the coin did not circulate). The 1s and 2s were recalled in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Pre-decimal Irish coins may still be redeemed at their face value equivalent in euro at the Central Bank in Dublin. Pre-decimal Irish coins and stamps' values were denoted with Irish language abbreviations ("scilling" ("shilling", abbreviated ""s"") and "pingin" ("penny", abbreviated ""p"")) rather