Irish pound

Also known as pound, punt, IEP

former currency of Ireland

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

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unit symbol: IEP
Commons category: Money of Ireland
end time: 2001-12-31
start time: 1927-08-20

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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.

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