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Irish pound, the Glossary

The pound (Irish: punt) was the currency of Ireland until 2002.^[1]

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1928 establishments in Ireland
2002 disestablishments in Ireland
Central Bank of Ireland
Currencies of the Republic of Ireland
Currencies replaced by the euro
Currencies with multiple banknote issuers
Economic history of Ireland

Anglo-Irish Treaty

The 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty (An Conradh Angla-Éireannach), commonly known in Ireland as The Treaty and officially the Articles of Agreement for a Treaty Between Great Britain and Ireland, was an agreement between the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and representatives of the Irish Republic that concluded the Irish War of Independence.

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£sd

Rochester illustrates the conversion between pence and shillings and shillings and pounds. Old till in Ireland, with "shortcut" keys in various £sd denominations (lower numbers) and their "new pence" equivalent (upper numbers) Toy coin, which teaches children the value of a shilling £sd (occasionally written Lsd), spoken as "pounds, shillings and pence", is the popular name for the pre-decimal currencies once common throughout Europe. Irish pound and £sd are Economic history of Ireland.

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Bank of Ireland

Bank of Ireland Group plc (Banc na hÉireann) is a commercial bank operation in Ireland and one of the traditional Big Four Irish banks.

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Banknotes of the Republic of Ireland

The Irish Free State, subsequently known as Ireland, resolved in the mid-1920s to design its own coins and banknotes. Irish pound and banknotes of the Republic of Ireland are currencies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Central Bank of Ireland

The Central Bank of Ireland (Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) is the Irish member of the Eurosystem and had been the monetary authority for Ireland from 1943 to 1998, issuing the Irish pound.

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Central Intelligence Agency

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), known informally as the Agency, metonymously as Langley and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with gathering, processing, and analyzing national security information from around the world, primarily through the use of human intelligence (HUMINT) and conducting covert action through its Directorate of Operations.

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Coins of the Republic of Ireland

There have been three sets of coins in Ireland since independence. Irish pound and coins of the Republic of Ireland are currencies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Commemorative coins of Ireland

Various commemorative coins denominated in Irish currency were issued until 2002, when the Irish pound (IEP/IR£) came to an end and was superseded by the euro.

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Constitution of Ireland

The Constitution of Ireland (Bunreacht na hÉireann) is the fundamental law of Ireland.

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Currency

A currency is a standardization of money in any form, in use or circulation as a medium of exchange, for example banknotes and coins.

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Currency Centre

The Currency Centre (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. Irish pound and currency Centre are currencies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Currency symbol

A currency symbol or currency sign is a graphic symbol used to denote a currency unit.

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De facto

De facto describes practices that exist in reality, regardless of whether they are officially recognized by laws or other formal norms.

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De jure

In law and government, de jure describes practices that are legally recognized, regardless of whether the practice exists in reality.

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Decimal Day

Decimal Day 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. Irish pound and decimal Day are Central Bank of Ireland and currencies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Decimalisation

Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.

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Economy of the Republic of Ireland

The economy of the Republic of Ireland is a highly developed knowledge economy, focused on services in high-tech, life sciences, financial services and agribusiness, including agrifood.

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Euro

The euro (symbol: €; currency code: EUR) is the official currency of 20 of the member states of the European Union. Irish pound and euro are currencies of the Commonwealth of Nations and currencies with ISO 4217 code.

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European Currency Unit

The European Currency Unit (⟨⟩, ECU, or XEU) was a unit of account used by the European Economic Community and composed of a basket of member country currencies. Irish pound and European Currency Unit are currencies with ISO 4217 code.

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European Exchange Rate Mechanism

The European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II) is a system introduced by the European Economic Community on 1 January 1999 alongside the introduction of a single currency, the euro (replacing ERM 1 and the euro's predecessor, the ECU) as part of the European Monetary System (EMS), to reduce exchange rate variability and achieve monetary stability in Europe.

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European Monetary System

The European Monetary System (EMS) was a multilateral adjustable exchange rate agreement in which most of the nations of the European Economic Community (EEC) linked their currencies to prevent large fluctuations in relative value.

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Eurozone

The euro area, commonly called the eurozone (EZ), is a currency union of 20 member states of the European Union (EU) that have adopted the euro (€) as their primary currency and sole legal tender, and have thus fully implemented EMU policies.

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Exchange rate

In finance, an exchange rate is the rate at which one currency will be exchanged for another currency.

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Farthing (Irish coin)

The farthing (d) (feoirling) was the lowest value coin of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth a quarter of a penny, of a shilling or of a pound.

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Fifty pence (Irish coin)

The fifty pence (50p) (caoga pingin) coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound.

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Five pence (Irish coin)

The five pence (5p) (cúig phingin) coin was a subdivision of the Irish pound.

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Fixed exchange rate system

A fixed exchange rate, often called a pegged exchange rate, is a type of exchange rate regime in which a currency's value is fixed or pegged by a monetary authority against the value of another currency, a basket of other currencies, or another measure of value, such as gold.

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Florin (Irish coin)

The florin (2s) (flóirín) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth of a pound.

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Gun money

Gun money was an issue of coins made by the forces of James II during the Williamite War in Ireland between 1689 and 1691. Irish pound and Gun money are modern obsolete currencies.

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Half crown (Irish coin)

The half crown (2s 6d) (leath choróin) coin was a subdivision of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth of a pound.

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Halfpenny (Irish pre-decimal coin)

The halfpenny (d) (leathphingin) coin was the second smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth of a pound or of a shilling.

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Irish euro coins

Irish euro coins all share the same design by Jarlath Hayes, that of the harp, a traditional symbol for Ireland since the Middle Ages, based on that of the Brian Boru harp, housed in Trinity College Dublin. Irish pound and Irish euro coins are currencies of the Republic of Ireland.

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Irish Free State

The Irish Free State (6 December 192229 December 1937), also known by its Irish name i, was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921.

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Irish language

Irish (Standard Irish: Gaeilge), also known as Irish Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language group, which is a part of the Indo-European language family.

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ISO 4217

ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) that defines alpha codes and numeric codes for the representation of currencies and provides information about the relationships between individual currencies and their minor units.

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James II of England

James VII and II (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685.

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John, King of England

John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216.

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Kingdom of Ireland

The Kingdom of Ireland (Ríoghacht Éireann; Ríocht na hÉireann) was a dependent territory of England and then of Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800.

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Monaco

Monaco, officially the Principality of Monaco, is a sovereign city-state and microstate on the French Riviera a few kilometres west of the Italian region of Liguria, in Western Europe, on the Mediterranean Sea.

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Names of the Irish state

According to the Constitution of Ireland, the names of the Irish state are Ireland (English) and Éire (Irish).

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Office of Public Sector Information

The Office of Public Sector Information (OPSI) is the body responsible for the operation of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) and of other public information services of the United Kingdom.

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One pound (Irish coin)

The one pound (£1) (punt) coin, worth one Irish pound, was used in Ireland from 20 June 1990 until the formal adoption of euro currency in 2002.

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Penny

A penny is a coin (pennies) or a unit of currency (pence) in various countries.

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Penny (Irish decimal coin)

The decimal one penny (1p) (pingin) coin was the second-smallest denomination of the Irish pound.

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Penny (Irish pre-decimal coin)

The penny (1d) (pingin) coin was the third-smallest denomination of the pre-decimal Irish pound, worth of a pound or of a shilling.

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Pound Scots

The pound (Modern and Middle Scots: Pund) was the currency of Scotland prior to the 1707 Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England, which created the Kingdom of Great Britain. Irish pound and pound Scots are pound (currency).

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Pound sign

The pound sign is the symbol for the pound unit of sterling – the currency of the United Kingdom and its associated Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories and previously of Great Britain and of the Kingdom of England.

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Pound sterling

Sterling (ISO code: GBP) is the currency of the United Kingdom and nine of its associated territories. Irish pound and Pound sterling are currencies of the British Empire, currencies of the Commonwealth of Nations, currencies with ISO 4217 code, currencies with multiple banknote issuers and pound (currency).

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Royal Mint

The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins.

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San Marino

San Marino (San Maréin or San Maroin), officially the Republic of San Marino (Repubblica di San Marino) and also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is a European microstate and enclave within Italy.

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Sandyford

Sandyford is a suburb of Dublin, located in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland.

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Shilling

The shilling is a historical coin, and the name of a unit of modern currencies formerly used in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, other British Commonwealth countries and Ireland, where they were generally equivalent to 12 pence or one-twentieth of a pound before being phased out during the 1960s and 1970s.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_pound

Also known as IR£, ISO 4217:IEP, Irish Punt, Irish currency, Irish pounds, Punt Éireannach, Saorstát pound.

, Royal Mint, San Marino, Sandyford, Shilling, Shilling (Irish coin), Sixpence (Irish coin), Sovereign (British coin), Ten pence (Irish coin), Ten shilling coin, Threepence (Irish coin), Twenty pence (Irish coin), Two pence (Irish coin), United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Vatican City, Williamite War in Ireland.

Irish pound, the Glossary

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See also

1928 establishments in Ireland

2002 disestablishments in Ireland

Central Bank of Ireland

Currencies of the Republic of Ireland

Currencies replaced by the euro

Currencies with multiple banknote issuers

Economic history of Ireland

References