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Within Vinony's link graph, Irish pound is referenced by 712 other articles, and connects out to Central Bank of Ireland, Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union and penny.
It sits within the topics 1928 establishments in Ireland, 2002 disestablishments in Ireland and Central Bank of Ireland.
Its subject is documented across 46 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- 1
- £0.787564 (irrevocable)
- Code
- IEP
- Unit
- pound
- Plural
- pounds ( English ) , puint, punta ( Irish )
- Symbol
- £
- Nickname
- quid
- 1 100
- penny ( English ) , pingin ( Irish )
- Penny english pingin irish
- pence ( English ) , pinginí, pingineacha ( Irish )
- Freq used
- £5, £10, £20
- Rarely used
- £50, £100
- User s
- Ireland , Irish Free State , Kingdom of Ireland
- Central bank
- Currency Commission of Ireland (1927-1943), Central Bank of Ireland (1943-2002)
- Website
- www .centralbank .ie
- Printer
- Currency Centre of the Central Bank of Ireland
- Mint
- Currency Centre of the Central Bank of Ireland
- Since
- 13 March 1979
- Fixed rate since
- 31 December 1998
- Replaced by euro non cash
- 1 January 1999
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 4 more facts
- unit symbol
- IEP
- Commons category
- Money of Ireland
- end time
- 2001-12-31
- start time
- 1927-08-20
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
The pound (Irish: punt) was the currency of Ireland until 2002. Its ISO 4217 code was IEP, and the symbol was £ (or IR£ for distinction). The Irish pound was replaced by the euro on 1 January 1999. Euro currency did not start circulating until the beginning of 2002.
First pound
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Irish pound” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.