Ads
related to: northern ireland coins for sale
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
A 2002 two-pound coin featured the flag of Northern Ireland to mark the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [1] These coins are not unique to Northern Ireland and circulate through the entire United Kingdom and other sterling area countries. The Giant's Causeway appeared on two five-pound coins in 2012; these are commemorative coins and are rarely circulated.
There have been three sets of coins in Ireland since independence. In all three, the coin showed a Celtic harp on the obverse.The pre-decimal coins of the Irish pound had realistic animals on the reverse; the decimal coins retained some of these but featured ornamental birds on the lower denominations; and the euro coins used the common design of the euro currencies.
The issuing of banknotes in Northern Ireland is regulated by the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, the Coinage Act 1971, Banknotes (Ireland) Act 1864 (c. 78), Banknotes (Ireland) Act 1920 (c. 24), Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845, Bankers (Northern Ireland) Act 1928 (c. 15), among others.
The penny (1d) (Irish: pingin) coin was the third-smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1 ⁄ 240 of a pound or 1 ⁄ 12 of a shilling. To express an amount, penny was abbreviated to "d", e.g. 1d, from the Roman denarius. It was introduced in 1928 to replace its British counterpart, used when all of Ireland was a ...
Location of Ireland. Various commemorative coins denominated in Irish currency were issued until 2002, when the Irish pound (IEP/IR£) came to an end and was superseded by the euro. Since then there have been Irish commemorative coins denominated in euro.
The threepence (Irish: leath reul [ˌl̠ʲah ˈɾˠeːlˠ]) or 3d coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth 1 ⁄ 80 of a pound or 1 ⁄ 4 of a shilling. Leath reul literally means "half reul", the reul being a sixpence coin worth about the same as the Spanish real (a quarter of a peseta). As with all other Irish coins, it ...