Bibliophiles with a numismatic bent will note that the Central Bank of Ireland is releasing a 38mm ten Euro coin in .925 silver on April 10. The website is www.centralbank.ie and the e-mail address is coinsets@centralbank.ie. Mintage at B.H. Mayers Mint is limited to 10,000.

At forty six Euros, these are not inexpensive, but owning a sculpted image of Joyce's signature "spectacles" (spectacles is Brit-speak for eyeglasses) and engraved script, will remind purchasers that the lyrical Joyce wrote to be read out loud, often phonetically creating slang and local dialect!