Ireland Bank Notes

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Ireland

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1 Pound, 1870

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1 Pound, 1874

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This note was cut in half and later taped back together. It was a common security practice for people to send cash one half at a time. The recipient would than rejoin the two halves together. The note was crosshatch cancelled.

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Ireland, located in the Atlantic Ocean west of Great Britain, was an integral part of Great Britain from 1800 to 1921. five-sixths of the island became the Irish Free State dominion in 1921, and a republic in 1949. The northern one-sixth of the island, known as Northern Ireland, remains part of Great Britain. For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Ireland.

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