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A new series of Bank of Ireland notes, in denominations of £5, £10 and £20, were issued in April 2008. All of the denominations feature an illustration of the Old Bushmills Distillery on the reverse side. Prior to 2008, all Bank of Ireland notes featured an image of the Queen's University of Belfast on the reverse side. [2] [3] [4]
The pound (Irish: punt) was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the symbol was £ (or £Ir for distinction. [1]) The Irish pound was replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999. [2]
In 1922, Bank of Ireland was appointed as banker to the Government of Ireland. [10] In 1926, Bank of Ireland took control of the National Land Bank. [6] [11] In 1948, The Bank of Ireland 1783–1946 by F.G. Hall was published jointly by Hodges Figgis (Dublin) and Blackwell's (Oxford). [12] In 1958, the bank took over the Hibernian Bank Limited. [6]
The weakness of the paper currency in Ireland lead to pressure for the creation of a ‘National Bank’ to provide a stable currency. Eventually, the Bank of Ireland was created to fill this need. The Bank of Ireland was the first joint stock bank to produce notes intended for use throughout Ireland; its first issue was in 1783. [2]
The Central Bank of Ireland, as an agency of the European Central Bank, produces euro banknotes at its Currency Centre in Sandyford Industrial Estate, Dublin. Central banks in the Eurozone provide banknotes of one denomination each year, according to demand and a rotating allocation (determined by the ECB).
The designs were quite simple using only figures and symbols to indicate the value; using only the letter "P" to denote both penny and pingin (the Irish word for penny). In 1978, the Central Bank of Ireland opened the Currency Centre at Sandyford in Dublin for the production of coins and banknotes.
On 27 February 2019, Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland released new polymer £5 and £10 notes, while Danske Bank released new polymer £10 notes. On 29 September 2023, paper £50 and £100 notes issued by the Bank of Ireland and by Ulster Bank, like those of the Scottish bank note issuers, will replaced with polymer banknotes.
The island of Ireland, with border between Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland indicated.. Symbols of Ireland are marks, images, or objects that represent Ireland. Because Ireland was not partitioned until 1922, many of the symbols of Ireland predate the division into Southern Ireland (later Irish Free State and then Ireland) and Northern Ireland.