Various commemorative coins denominated in Irish currency were issued until 2002, when the

Irish pound The pound ( Irish: ) was the currency of the Republic 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 begin ci ...

(IEP/IR£) came to an end and was superseded by the

euro The euro ( symbol: €; code: EUR) is the official currency of 19 out of the member states of the European Union (EU). This group of states is known as the eurozone or, officially, the euro area, and includes about 340 million citizens . ...

. Since then there have been Irish commemorative coins denominated in euro.

Irish pound

Silver ten-shilling piece (1966)

Dublin Millennium 50p (1988)

UN anniversary pound coin (1995)

Millennium pound coin (2000)

European Currency Unit (ECU)

References

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