irish coins help

[shadow_of_firefly]

greetings from accross the pond,i was going threw some of my boxs and found some forign coins I recieved while working at a hotel, I think their Irish, they say Eire on one side with what I think is a harp, anyways I cant seem to figure out what type of denomination they are,so I thought id ask here,anyways ill discribe the coins, one is silver with a fish and 10p,one is brown with 2p on it,a gold colored on with a horse and 20p,a copper one with a bird and 1p and finally a solver with a bull and 5p. anyways I dont know what the p stands for and i cant catalog them till i find out,thanks.

[SteveD]

The "p" is "pence". There's a hundred of them in a pound.

Sounds to me like these will be old currency, as Ireland is now using the euro.

[Lady Jaye]

There is something called google!

Input "eire p harp coin" ->

It was not until the reign of Henry VIII that Irish coins bore the harp and, ... of the coins was modified with the Irish language name of the State, "Éire", ... the "P" on the coins meant penny or pingin (the Irish word for penny). ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coins_of_t ... of_Ireland

[shadow_of_firefly]

thanks guys that helps, now i can catalog them in my forign coin collection,and their from the 1990's so their not that old, but i dont collect them for the value,just the enjoyment. thanks again