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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 ...
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 ...
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 £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.
An example (£10 note) of the Series C Banknotes. The Series C Banknotes (Irish: Nótaí bainc sraith C) of Ireland were the final series of notes created for the state before the advent of the euro; they replaced Series B banknotes. The series gradually entered circulation from 1992 and remained in circulation until 2002. [1
£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.
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.
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.