Highly prized pre decimal leath phingn/leat pingn or half penny with sow and piglets. Beautiful condition (as per photos) and highly sought after year.
This coin was 1/480 of the 240 penny old irish punt.
 The pig was once kept by nearly every house in Ireland and was every bit as commonly found in inner city gardens in Dublin as it was in the country, and a big day in the year of every home when killed.
The Sow seen here is with bonamhs/ piglets and as with all Irish/Éire coins has the "Irish Harp" on the obverse side. The Harp being the national symbol of Ireland makes Ireland the only country in the world with a musical instrument as their symbol and goes back in Irish history and folklore thousands of years.


Halfpenny / Leathphingin
Ireland
Value 1⁄2 penny
Mass 5.66 g
Diameter 25.5 mm
Thickness 1.77 mm
Edge Plain
Composition Bronze
Years of minting 1928–1969

Obverse :-
Design Irish harp
Design date 1928
Reverse :-
Design Sow and litter
Designer Percy Metcalfe
Design date 1928
The halfpenny (1⁄2d) (Irish: leathphingin) coin was the second smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1⁄480 of a pound or 1⁄24 of a shilling. First issued in 1928 it ceased to be legal tender on 1 August 1969.

The reverse design was by Percy Metcalfe, an English artist. The artist was given the choice of a boar, a sow or a ram, and the sow was chosen. The obverse featured the Irish harp. From 1928 to 1937 the date was split either side of the harp with the name Saorstát Éireann circling around. From 1938 to 1969 the inscription changed to Éire on the left of the harp and the date on the right.[1]