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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]
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 punt 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.
Ireland adopted the euro as its currency along with most of its EU partners on 1 January 2002. The national side of the Irish euro coins bears the coat of arms of Ireland and the 12 stars of the EU, the year of imprint and the Irish name for Ireland, Éire, in the traditional Irish script. These coins circulate throughout the eurozone.
This category contains the currencies that were replaced by the euro and directly preceding the euro. Pages in category "Currencies replaced by the euro" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
With a conversion factor of 0.787564 Irish pounds to the euro, of the 15 national currencies originally tied to the euro (also including the currencies of Vatican City, Monaco and San Marino [8]), the Irish pound was the only one whose conversion factor was less than 1, i.e. the unit of the national currency was worth more than one euro. 56% ...
All de facto present currencies in Europe, and an incomplete list of the preceding currency, are listed here. In Europe, the most commonly used currency is the euro (used by 26 countries); any country entering the European Union (EU) is expected to join the eurozone [ 1 ] when they meet the five convergence criteria. [ 2 ]
The one pound (£1) (Irish: punt) coin, worth one Irish pound, was used in Ireland from 20 June 1990 until the formal adoption of euro currency in 2002. The last issue was minted in 2000. The coin was the largest Irish coin since decimalisation: its diameter was 3.11 centimetres (1.22 in) and it weighed 10 grams (0.35 oz).
Decimal Day (Irish: Lá Deachúil) [1] in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence. Before this date, the British pound sterling (symbol "£") was subdivided into 20 shillings, each of 12 (old) pence, a total of 240 pence ...