A unique Irish-inspired 24-carat gold-plated and silver-plated ring with genuine Irish penny obverse and green enamelling, exclusive to The Bradford ExchangeIn 1926, when it was time to mint money for the newly-founded Irish Free State, the choice of symbol for the obverse of the coinage took little deliberation: the harp, the national symbol of free Ireland since the 1530s. A national design contest was announced and the winner was Percy Metcalf, who used the 16 string IrishBrian Boruharp in Trinity College Dublin as his model. Flanked by Eire (Ireland in Irish) and the date of mintage, the harp stands handsomely front and centre, a proud symbol of a proud land. The reverses were dedicated to animals important to Irelands economy, then largely rural. With Irelands entry into the decimal system in 1971, the harp lived on as the symbol of the nation on the decimalised coinage, but the reverses were updated to Celtic knotwork animals, reflecting Irelands ancient heritage. Upon