Ireland changed to decimal currency on 15 February, 1971. In order to facilitate the introduction of the new system it was decided to retain the present coinage designs so far as possible. The harp is therefore being used as the obverse design of each of the new coins and the reverse designs of three of the present coins are being used for the new cupro-nickel decimal coins. The woodcock design formerly used for the 1/4d. coin, which has been out of circulation for some years, has been adopted for the reverse of the 50 new penny coin. The salmon and bull are Obvious choises fo the 10 new penny and 5 new penny coins, respectively, as these are identical in size and value with the present florin and shilling coins. In this set : new halfpenny - new penny - two new pence - five new pence - ten new pence - fifty new pence.
