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Early notes were denominated either in Irish pounds or guineas, with 1 guinea equal to 1 pound 2 shillings 9 pence Irish. The suspension of cash payments by the Bank Restriction Act 1797 lead to an increase in the usage of banknotes in Ireland, and the notes of many of the private banks became payable in Bank of Ireland notes, which was stated ...
Servicon, an Irish design company, designed the £1, £5, £10, £20, £50, and £100 denominations. The £100 note was never issued or circulated. This is the only series of Irish banknotes without a note of this denomination. The theme of these notes was the history of Ireland. Each note featured the portrait of a historical figure.
The Currency Commission of the Irish Free State prescribed the design of the notes and received advice from an advisory commission. Waterlow and Sons, Limited, London printed the notes on behalf of the commission. The series consists of notes in seven denominations: 10s, £1, £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100. [1]
The one pound note has a portrait of Medb, the legendary Queen of Connacht in Irish mythology. Also a pre-Christian geometric design based on those found on bone slips is used in on the note, the background is an excerpt from the Táin. The reverse is a decorated excerpt from Lebor na hUidre, the oldest surviving Irish manuscript.
The Currency Centre (Irish: An tIonad Airgeadra; [1] also known as the Irish Mint) is the mint of coins and printer of banknotes for the Central Bank of Ireland, including the euro currency. The centre is located in Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland. The centre does not print the complete range of euro banknotes; other denominations are imported.
An example (£10 note) of the Series C Banknotes. The Series C Banknotes (Irish: Nótaí bainc sraith C) of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; they replaced Series B banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002. [1
Fijian £1 note; Gambian £1 note; Ghanaian £1 note; Irish pound. Series A IR£1 note; Series B IR£1 note; Irish IR£1 coin; Israeli IL1 note and coin; Jamaican £1 note; Libyan £L1 note; Maltese £M 1 note and coin; New Brunswick £1 note; Newfoundland £1 note; New Guinea £1 note; New Zealand £NZ 1 note; Nigerian £1 note; Nova Scotian ...
£1 Ploughman note distributed by the Bank of Ireland in 1932. The Ploughman series was a series of Irish banknotes issued by the Currency Commission of Ireland as a transitional measure for eight Irish banks: Bank of Ireland, Hibernian Bank, Munster & Leinster Bank, National Bank, Northern Bank, Provincial Bank of Ireland, Royal Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank.