Irish Free State pound

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The Irish Free State pound was the national currency of the Irish Free State from the 1920s until it was replaced by the Irish pound, maintaining parity with the British pound sterling.

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former currency
national currency
banknotesIssuedBy Currency Commission of the Irish Free State
coinsIssuedBy Irish Free State Executive Council
surface form: "Irish Free State government"
country Irish Free State
currencyOf Irish Free State NERFINISHED
denominationSystem pounds, shillings and pence
endTime 1937
exchangeRate 1 Irish Free State pound = 1 pound sterling
historicalPeriod interwar period
introducedBy Currency Commission of the Irish Free State
ISO4217Code none
legalTenderIn Irish Free State NERFINISHED
monetaryAuthority Currency Commission
monetarySystem £sd
parityMaintainedWith Pound sterling
surface form: "pound sterling"
peggedTo Pound sterling
surface form: "pound sterling"
region Ireland
replacedBy Irish Free State pound
surface form: "Irish pound"
replacedCurrency pound sterling (as sole legal tender in Ireland)
startTime 1928
status defunct
subunit penny
shilling
subunitToUnitRatio 1 pound = 20 shillings
1 shilling = 12 pence
successorCurrency Irish Free State pound
surface form: "Irish pound"
symbol £
usedFor domestic transactions in the Irish Free State
usedIn Irish Free State

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Free State currency Irish Free State pound
Irish Free State currency Irish Free State pound
this entity surface form: "Saorstát pound"
Kingdom of Ireland currency Irish Free State pound
this entity surface form: "Irish pound"
Irish Free State pound replacedBy Irish Free State pound
this entity surface form: "Irish pound"
Euro replacedCurrency Irish Free State pound
this entity surface form: "Irish pound"
subject surface form: "euro"
this entity surface form: "Irish pound"
Irish Free State pound successorCurrency Irish Free State pound
this entity surface form: "Irish pound"