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Edward Colgan

Edward Colgan has been a collector for over 50 years, with a special interest in Irish, Scottish, British colonial and Commonwealth coins. This interest began during family holidays to Kerry when he first came across Percy Metcalfe's animal designs of the barnyard series. The bull on the shilling was his favourite then and it still remains to this day - after all it was meant to be a Kerry Black. Edward is a member of the Numismatic Society of Ireland, a Fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society, a Member of the British Numismatic Society, and is a past President of the Wessex Numismatic Society. Over several years he has been a regular contributor to COIN NEWS a leading coin publication. He is the author of FOR WANT OF GOOD MONEY - THE STORY OF IRELAND'S COINAGE published in 2003 and for which he was awarded the Royal Numismatic Society's Lhotka Prize. Edward's writing has also been recognised by the American Numismatic Literary Guild.

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