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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 ...
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 ...
A guide to valuing all your old Irish coins; Irish banknotes; Irish coinage website – history, images and catalogue. Overview of Irish pound from the BBC; The Irish Pound: From Origins to EMU Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (734K PDF file, from Central Bank website). Historical banknotes of Ireland (in English and German)
The £100 note was never issued or circulated; this remains somewhat of an idiosyncrasy in the issue of Irish banknotes as this is the only series without a note of this denomination. The series was Legal Tender from 1976–1995, although not printed after May 1993.
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.
£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.
The notes were commissioned by the then-Central Bank of Ireland in five denominations. The Central Bank held a limited competition in 1991 and invited nine Irish artists, having decided on the theme previous to invitation. The designs of Robert Ballagh were chosen, and his designs were used in all the denominations to follow a unified design ...
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 £50 note is currently the second largest denomination of banknote issued by the Bank of Ireland. [3] The £50 note of the Queen's University Belfast Series was first issued in 2004.