The Central Bank has launched a limited edition €15 silver proof collector coin to honour the late writer George Bernard Shaw.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of George Bernard Shaw winning the Nobel Prize for literature.
There are 3,000 coins available and they retail at €65.
Designed by Antonella Napolione, the coin features a portrait of Shaw and is stamped with the year 1925, the year he won the Nobel Prize.
Proof coins are collectable coins and are not intended for general circulation. They are minted using specially polished dies and blanks that give them a mirror-like finish.
Every year the Central Bank issues a number of collector coin products, on behalf of the Minister for Finance.
Central Bank Governor Gabriel Makhlouf said the aim of the collector coinsis to recognise figures, or events, of national importance.
“This coin is a tangible tribute to one of the brilliant minds of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1925 “for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty,” he said.
