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Ireland republic
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Commemoratives, Mint and Proof sets
Hiberno-Norse Coins , Baronial coins of Ulster , Regal hammered coinage , Early milled regal coinage
,Civil War coinage of 1689–91 ,Later Crown coinage , Coins of the Republic of Ireland
,Coins of Northern Ireland
About the year 1000 the first Irish coinage was initially equivalent
to that of England, with the pound divided into 20 shillings, each of 12
pence. However, from the forteen century issues were made with
different metal contents and the values of the two
currencies diverged. During the Civil War base-metal coinage known as Gun
money was issued.
In the seventeen century Irish
copper coins circulated with British silver coins with the only 19th century
exceptions were silver tokens denominated in pence Irish issued by the Bank of Ireland
The last Irish copper pennies and halfpennies were minted in 1823. The
distinct Irish pound existed until January 1826 when it was replaced by
British currency.
Following the establishment of the Irish Free State, a new currency was
introduced initially known as the Saorstát
pound and was pegged to the pound sterling. From 1938, the currency
was referred to as the Irish pound, after the Constitution of Ireland
changed the state's name.
When the
British Government decided to decimalise its currency the Irish Government
followed suit. and the number of pence in an Irish pound was
redefined from 240 to 100 and new coins were issued of the same dimensions
and materials as the corresponding new British coins and right up
until complete withdrawal of the Irish pound on February 9, 2002, those UK
coins which were the same sizes and compositions as the corresponding Irish
coins were accepted virtually everywhere in Ireland.
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