IRELAND15 EURO SILVER PROOF 2017. CHARLES PARSONS. STEAM TURBINE INVESTOR.

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FIFTEEN  EURO SILVER PROOF COIN 2017.
IRISH SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS SERIES
HONOURING  SIR CHARLES PARSONS THE INVENTOR OF THE STEAM TURBINE ENGINE.
ISSUED: BY CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND.
ISSUE DATE:  1.9.2017.
LIMIT ISSUE: 6,000.
QUALITY: PROOF. STERLING SILVER 0.925
WEIGHT: 28.28GR.
DIAMETER: 38.61MM.
DESIGNER:  ANTONELLA NAPOLIONE.
COIN COMES IN A  NICE PRESENTATION BOX WITH NUMBERED CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY.
Charles Parsons was born in 1854 and spent most of his childhood at Birr Castle, Co Offaly, his family’s estate. As a child, he was tutored by prominent scientist Robert Ball and later attended Trinity College Dublin and St. John’s College, Cambridge. Parsons’ invention of the steam turbine engine in 1884 was a major breakthrough in electrical engineering and power generation. Later applying this work to marine propulsion, Parsons’ steam turbines revolutionized marine transportation by increasing both the speed and efficiency of sea-faring vessels. He received many honours in recognition of his engineering genius, including election to the Royal Society in 1898 and a knighthood in 1911. He died in 1931.
The coin design, by Antonella Napolione, features a portrait of the engineer with an early model of his steam turbine engine, encircled by an inscription and a representation of turbine blades.
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