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Ireland 10 Pounds (1929-1940 Munster & Leinster Bank Limited)
The Ireland 10 Pounds (1929-1940 Munster & Leinster Bank Limited) was the currency of the Republic of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP. The Irish pound was superseded by the euro on 1 January 1999. When the Irish pound legally became a subdivision of the euro; actual euro currency did not begin circulation until the beginning of 2002.
Although the euro became the currency of the Eurozone countries including Ireland on 1 January 1999, it wasn’t until the agreed date of 1 January 2002 that the state began to withdraw Irish pound coins and notes, replacing them with euro specie.
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The 1 Irish pound note front to design Horses, plowman.
On the back, Entrance to ornate Currency Commission Building, Dublin.
Irish pound coins and notes ceased to be legal tender on 9 February 2002, although they will be exchangeable indefinitely for euro at the Central Bank.
The banknote, its color is blue.
Text: Currency Commission Consolidated Bank Note Joe, Coimisiún Airgid Reatha Brennan Kota Laine Co-Dhluite, CHAIRMAN OF THE CURRENCY COMMISSION, PAYABLE AT THE PRINCIPALACE IN DUBLIN OF THE MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK LIMITED, TEN POUNDS.
The reason why of the Ireland Pound
The Central Bank of Ireland started issuing these 1 Irish Pound banknotes in 1838. The banknote of 1 Pound depicts Hibernia, National Personifications of Ireland and portrait of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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