2 euro Ireland 2016 - Easter Rising (landscape BU coincard)

In 2016, Ireland issued a commemorative €2 coin marking the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising. The issue highlighted the event’s key importance to the creation of the modern Irish state and symbolically referred to the struggle for self-government. The anniversary was commemorated across the country through official ceremonies and educational activities that placed the theme within a wider historical context. The coin was issued in BU quality and supplied in an official commemorative card.