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Irish Dollar Coins, Clare Iowa, 1980Entry/Object ID
AM1989.1.377Scope and Content
One Irish Dollar Clare Coins, Clare Iowa. This is a order for coins to be purchased by mail. The 1981 Irish Dollar is Coin Number 10 for $1.25. Dated 1980.
The small town of Clare, Iowa have built a retirement home for the senior citizens. It was accomplished through the sale of the Clare Irish Dollar.
The town was named after County Clare in Ireland in 1882. In 1972 they issued the first coin. The theme of the project was the many ways that the mail has been delivered in northwest Iowa the past 100 years.
The 1972 coin has the oxen and covered wagon, the 1973 coins have the pony express, and the 1974 coin had a stagecoach. In 1975 the coin depicted the old steam train. In 1976 the coin had the double dates 1976-1876 Bicentennial year in honor of the rural letter carrier, on the coin was the buggy and horse.
In 1977 the coins have the 1920 Model A Ford. In 1978 the little By- plane of W.W. II. In 1979 was the AM-Track train, in 1980 will be the 707 that flys the mail from Ireland. On the 1981it will show the space plane (The Enterprise) and 1982 will be centennial year in Clare, as the Clare Post Office was installed on April 10, 1882. The 1982 coin will show the office as it looks today.Lexicon
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