2011 Ireland €10 Silver Proof Coin "St. Brendan"

• Mint: B.H. Mayer's
• Denomination: €10
• Quality: Proof
• Issue limit: 15,000 pcs.
• Alloy: 92.5% Sterling Silver
• Diameter: 38.61 mm
• Weight: 28.28 grams
• Artist: Michael Guilfoyle
• Box/Capsule: Yes/Yes
• Certificate: Hand-signed by artist

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Issued on February 15, this coin participates in the pan-European eurostar coin program and honors the mythical Saint Brendan the Voyager.

St. Brendan (Brendan the Voyager, Brendan the Navigator) belongs to that glorious period in the history of Ireland when the island, in the first glow of conversion to Christianity, sent forth its earliest messengers of the Faith to the continent and to the regions of the sea. The stories of Saint Brendan voyaging over perilous waters were popular in the Middle Ages, and his travels were as well known as the wanderings of Ulysses.

The coin depicts Saint Brendan and his monks sailing towards the Americas in his legendary voyage across the Atlantic in the 6th century. Designed by Michael Guilfoyle, the coin is illustrated in iconography associated with Saint Brendan’s epic journey and shows him sailing across the rolling waves of the Atlantic in a stylized, interwoven pattern to reflect the Christian explorer’s Irish heritage.