Collectors set to treasure Celtic high cross coin

AS historic treasures, they may be priceless, but a new coin depicting the Celtic high cross could also bring a nice return for collectors.

The latest special edition issue from the Central Bank is a €20 gold proof collector coin featuring the Celtic high cross in a monastic setting, alongside an Irish round tower and also featuring the Irish harp. At 11mm in diameter, the half-gram coin is one of the world’s smallest and is selling at €40.

The design on the 12,000 miniature coins is by artist Thomas Ryan, who previously designed the 1990 £1 coin featuring a red deer and the 1988 Dublin Millennium 50p coin.