Bronze
A penny saved is a penny earned.
No. Eire is the Irish for Ireland. Pingin is Irish for Penny.
British predecimal Pennies from 1860 to 1967 were made from bronze. Although the exact percentages of metals used to make up the bronze alloy varied over the years, the 1922 Penny was made from 95% copper, 4% tin and 1% zinc.
In predecimal currency, 13 Pence was One Shilling and 1 Penny.
The British predecimal Halfpenny, Penny, Threepence and Sixpence did not have an equivalent coin in decimal currency.
British predecimal Pennies from 1860 to 1967 were made from bronze. Although the exact percentages of metals used to make up the bronze alloy varied over the years, the 1921 Penny was made from 95% copper, 4% tin and 1% zinc.
The 1955 Irish penny is worth 1.25 pounds due to their scarcity.
The predecimal Halfpenny was withdrawn from circulation in 1971 after the introduction of decimal currency. The decimal Half Penny and Half New Penny was withdrawn and demonetised in 1984.
The British 1967 bronze Penny would be one of the most readily available predecimal coins ever minted. Any coin dealer would probably have dozens of them.
Assuming you refer to the predecimal Sixpence, it was written as 6d. The lower case "d" is the symbol for Penny taken from the Roman coin the Denarius.
There was no 1939 Eire (Irish) Penny minted.
There was no Eire (Irish) 1960 Penny produced.