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A 5 Pound note issued by the private banking firm of Gibbons & Williams in Dublin, Ireland (1833). Ireland has a history of trading its own banknotes for several centuries, both when the whole of Ireland was one legal entity, and following partition of the island into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
They were designed and brought into circulation between 1976 and 1982. 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 ...
These are pound sterling notes and equal in value to Bank of England notes, and should not be confused with banknotes of the former Irish pound. The Bank of Ireland does not issue banknotes in the territory of the Republic of Ireland; until the Republic joined the euro in 1999, the only note-issuing bank there was the Central Bank of Ireland.
Northern Irish banknotes are fully backed such that holders have the same level of protection as those holding genuine Bank of England notes. [2] The £100 note is currently the largest denomination of banknote issued by the Bank of Ireland. [3] The £100 note of the Queen's University Belfast Series was first issued in 2005.
The Series B banknotes (Irish: Nótaí bainc sraith B) of Ireland replaced the Series A banknotes. The banknotes were issued between 1976 and 1992 by the Central Bank of Ireland , before being replaced in 1993 by Series C banknotes .
In November 2006, Ulster Bank issued its first commemorative banknote – an issue of one million £5 notes commemorating the first anniversary of the death of Northern Irish footballer George Best. This was the first Ulster Bank banknote to incorporate their new logo and the entire issue was taken by collectors within hours of becoming ...
The Series A banknotes (Irish: Nótaí bainc sraith A) were the first banknotes created by and for the Irish Free State in 1928 [1] and continued to be issued when the Free State became the Republic of Ireland. They are considered to "count amongst the most iconic and beautiful of all modern banknotes."
Northern Irish banknotes are fully backed such that holders have the same level of protection as those holding genuine Bank of England notes. [2] The £20 note is currently the third largest of five denominations of banknote issued by the Bank of Ireland. [3] The £20 note of the Queen's University Belfast Series was first issued in 2007.