Web pages which are derived from articles previously published in magazines or books.
The Transition of Irish Currency, Irish banknotes 1918–1928 - The designs of the banknotes of Ireland underwent a radical change in the first quarter of the twentieth Century, transforming old fashioned designs into a more modern currency. The banknotes circulating in Ireland simultaneously underwent two entirely different changes in the decade after the first World War. An increase in the supply of £1 notes, along with a modernisation of paper money resulting from inflation and new printing techniques, lead to smaller banknote sizes, printed on both sides. Changes in legislation governing paper money in Ireland removed the requirement to state the branch of payment on a banknote, leading to the disappearance of branch listings on notes.
Original [print] version (2017), published in Coin News as: 'The Transition of Irish Currencies, Irish banknotes 1918–1928', June 2017, p77.
The Partition of Irish Currency, Irish banknotes 1928–1930 - The Assimilation of Currencies Act (1826) fixed the value of the Irish Pound at par with that of the English Pound. The Bankers (Ireland) Act, 1845 laid the groundwork which allowed the development of a stable system of currency circulation in Ireland based on banknotes issued by six large joint stock banks with branches throughout the country. The partition of Ireland in 1921 into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1922 would lead to the end of this system and to the partition of Irish currency between two jurisdictions, and into three separate banknote issues, whilst maintaining the link with the English Pound.
Original [print] version (2017), published in Coin News as: 'The Partition of Irish Currencies, Irish banknotes 1928–1930', July 2017, p85.
Irish Three Pound Notes - A Review of the £3 Denomination Issued by the Irish Joint Stock Banks 1835–1915. The article compares the issues of £3 notes of Bank of Ireland, National Bank and Provincial Bank of Ireland, and estimates the number of notes issued for each of the banks based on observed banknotes.
Original [print] version (2018), published in Coin News as: 'Irish Three Pound Notes. A review of the £3 denomination issued by the Irish joint stock banks 1835–1915', August 2018, p72.
Original [electronic] version (2018) www.irishpapermoney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=323 Numismatic Articles and Papers / Occasional Papers on Irish Paper Money
Banknote Design Evolution 1824 to 1916 - An article which traces the changes in the designs of banknotes of the Irish joint stock banks of note issue in the period from ca1824 through to ca1916, and the factors which likely influenced those changes.
Revised Version (2023).
Original [print] version (2016), published in Coin News as: 'Irish banknotes in 1916. The evolution of the design of the banknotes of Ireland up to 1916', April 2016, p82.
Original [electronic] version (2017) www.irishpapermoney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=220 Numismatic Articles and Papers / Occasional Papers on Irish Paper Money
Contemporary Forgeries of Early Irish Banknotes, ca1800-1930 - Important surviving examples of early Irish banknote design in the absence of genuine notes. A study of the known instances of contemporary forgeries of banknotes of the Irish joint stock banks, and their usefulness in researching the earlier note issues of the banks.
Original [print] version (2021), published in two parts in Coin News as: 'Contemporary Forgeries of Early Irish Banknotes c.1800-1930', January 2021, p80; February 2021, p72.
Limerick Soviet Notes - An on-going study of the brief 'Treasury Note' issue in April 1919 during the general strike against British militarism in Limerick city which started on 14 April 1919 and lasted for two weeks.
Original [print] version (2015), published in Coin News as: 'Banknotes of the Limerick Soviet April 1919', November 2015, p76. Later print versions with revisions published in 'Irish Banknotes, Irish Paper Money 1928-2001', 2017, 2020.
Irish World War 2 Banknote Issues - Access to the Central Bank of Ireland Archives, opened to public access in 2017, revealed a great deal of information about the background to the production of the Irish World War 2 Banknote issues. Much of the information is based on a detailed examination of the archive, in addition to an analysis of the banknotes by many colectors and researchers which has been on-going since the early 1970s.
Original [print] version (2020), published in Coin News in two parts as: 'Scatter Risk and Special Markings', September 2020, p76; October 2020, p79.
Revised [electronic] version (2020) www.irishpapermoney.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=353 Numismatic Articles and Papers / Occasional Papers on Irish Paper Money.
Series B 100 Pound Note - Access to the Central Bank of Ireland Archives, which were opened to public access in 2017, has revealed the progression of the design development for a Series B £100 Note, which was cancelled shortly before production around 1986. Very little was known about the design of this banknote until the Archive data became available for study.
Original [print] version (2018), published in Coin News as: 'The Hundred Pound Note That Never Was...', December 2018, p74.
Guernsey Overprints 1921 - In 1921 it was decided by the government of the States of Guernsey to break a long-standing link to the French Franc and instead to realign the value of the Guernsey Pound to parity with sterling. This resulted in a short-lived interim issue of banknotes by all three issuing entities on Guernsey whereby all notes issued were overprinted in red with ‘BRITISH’ in large letters to distinguish them from earlier note issues.
Original [print] version (2023), published in Coin News as: '“BRITISH” overprints on Guernsey banknotes in 1921— A review of the lesser-known Guernsey overprints, those on banknotes issued on the island in 1921', November 2023, p73.
Areas of banknote collecting which do not fit into any single category.
Low Number Irish Banknotes A special section summarising recorded old Irish banknotes with low numbers under 000020.
Irish Joint Stock Banks of Note Issue from 1783 A brief introduction to the Joint Stock banks that issued banknotes in Ireland. There were nine Joint Stock Banks in Ireland when the country was partitioned into The Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in 1922. Six of these banks had the right to issue their own banknotes.
Irish Legal Tender Note Specimens A summary of all recorded Specimen banknotes produced by the Currency Commission and Central Bank of Ireland, 1928-2001, with links to images of the notes.
Ploughman Scan Survey (PSS) Updates on the progress of the survey of all recorded Consolidated Bank Notes, started in 1999.
A review of each denomination of every series of the banknotes issued by the Currency Commission Ireland and the Central Bank of Ireland. The focus is on the designs of the notes, and on their security features.
1 Pound Ploughman
5 Pounds Ploughman
10 Pounds Ploughman
20 Pounds Ploughman
50 Pounds Ploughman
100 Pounds Ploughman
Irish Ten Shilling Notes. Board thread 10 Shilling note values.
1 Pound Note Lady Lavery
5 Pounds Lady Lavery
10 Pounds Lady Lavery
20 Pounds Lady Lavery
50 Pounds Lady Lavery
100 Pounds Lady Lavery
1 Pound Note, Queen Medb
5 Pound Note, John Scotus Eriugena
10 Pound Note, Jonathan Swift
20 Pound Note, W. B. Yeats
50 Pound Note, Turlough O'Carolan
100 Pound Note, Grace O'Malley
5 Pound Note, Sister Catherine McAuley
10 Pound Note, James Joyce
20 Pound Note, Daniel O'Connell
50 Pound Note, Douglas Hyde
100 Pound Note, Charles Stewart Parnell
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