Erin the Irish Bear, Ty Beanie Baby 1997, Tag error, red Chinese stamp

Character Family

Bears

Brand

TY

Erin is a “Kelly” green bear with black button eyes & nose. She has a white shamrock clover embroidered on her chest B-day:March 17, 1997 Released:Jan. 31, 1998 Retired:May 21, 1999 *Swing tag ERROR: There is a space between the last letter of the poem & the ! Her Tush Tag has a red Chinese stamp inside it that indicates the factory she was made in 12,000 Erin bears were given out on Aug. 5, 1999 during the Baseball game between Chicago Cubs & Montreal Expos. Erin was later released as a key clip Erin has a 5th gen Swing tag introduced in the beginning of 1998 & now uses comic sans font. The inside right has the Beanies birthday spelled out & the style number has been deleted She has a 6th gen Tush Tag that appeared in Jan. 1998. Many changes to this tag. They will either say that the Beanie has PVC pellets or PE pellets inside it Poem: Named after the beautiful Emerald Isle This Beanie Baby will make you smile, A bit of luck, a pot of gold, Light up the faces, both young and old!