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Ireland: Issuance; Central bank: Central Bank of Ireland Website: www.centralbank.ie: Printer: Currency Centre of the Central Bank of Ireland: Mint: Currency Centre of the Central Bank of Ireland: Valuation; EU Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) Since: 13 March 1979: Fixed rate since: 31 December 1998: Replaced by euro, non cash: 1 January 1999 ...
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% ...
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 Bank of Ireland began issuing notes in 1783, the same year as the bank's founding. Early banknotes were denominations of the Irish Pound, but following that currency's abolition in 1826 banknotes produced by the Bank of Ireland were denominated in pounds sterling.
These issues have been issued since the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed over to decimal currency on 15 February 1971. The obverse side of Bank of Ireland banknotes features the Bank of Ireland logo, below which is a line of heraldic shields each representing one of the six counties of Northern Ireland.
The Central Bank of Ireland was founded on 1 February 1943, and since 1 January 1972 has been the banker of the Government of Ireland in accordance with the Central Bank Act 1971, [3] which can be seen in legislative terms as completing the long transition from a currency board to a fully functional central bank.
The Currency Centre (Irish: An tIonad Airgeadra; [1] also known as the Irish Mint) is the mint of coins and printer of banknotes for the Central Bank of Ireland, including the euro currency. The centre is located in Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland. The centre does not print the complete range of euro banknotes; other denominations are imported.
In Northern Ireland, three retail banks exercise their right to issue pound sterling notes: Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank (formerly Northern Bank) and Ulster Bank. [120] As of 2020, Northern Bank and Ulster Bank are the only two banks that have issued special commemorative notes so far.