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Background. See also: Banknotes of Ireland. When the Irish Free State came into existence in 1922, three categories of banknote were in circulation. These consisted of notes issued by the Bank of England, the British Treasury, and six Irish banks that were chartered to issue notes. Only British Treasury notes were legal tender within the state.
Ireland has a history of trading its own banknotes for several centuries, both when the whole of Ireland was one legal entity, and following partition of the island into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
A history of the Irish pound (punt) and a description of the three series of banknotes issued from 1928 to 2000: Series A, Series B and Series C.
195 Dates of issue on Irish Ploughman notes Linked from this page are pages giving an example of every known date for each denomination of the Consolidated, Ploughman notes. All the known £10 notes and almost all of the known £5 and £1notes have been recorded.
When the Irish Free State came into existence in 1922, three categories of banknote were in circulation. These consisted of notes issued by the Bank of England, the British Treasury and six Irish banks then in existence who were chartered to issue notes. Only British Treasury notes had legal tender status within the state.
Prior to 1922 British coinage was in use in Ireland and sterling had been legal tender in Ireland since 1826. In 1922, three categories of banknote were in circulation. These consisted of notes issued by the Bank of England, the British Treasury, and the six Irish banks that were chartered to issue notes.
A numismatic study of Irish banknotes, history of origins and development of Irish currency, private banks, Lady Lavery, Ploughman and Northern Ireland Notes.
