Republic (1937-, Florin, 1954, rev. rees must go in small block capitals. Very fine (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Irish Countermarked Propaganda Coins.

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Lord Merlyn Rees (1920-2006), a wartime Spitfire pilot and squadron-leader, served as MP for Leeds South, 1963-92. He became Labour Party spokesman on Northern Ireland after the abolition of Stormont in 1972, served as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from March 1974 to September 1976 and then as Home Secretary until the General Election in 1979. Sold with further background detail on Merlyn Rees’ time in Ireland