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The Central Bank announced its intention for the new banknotes in December 1971 and Servicon, an Irish design company, was employed to design the notes of the denominations; £1, £5, £10, £20, £50 and £100. The £100 note was never issued or circulated; this remains somewhat of an idiosyncrasy in the
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A design mock up was submitted for the £100 denomination in August 1979. After some years of development, a decision was made to not proceed with production of the note, primarily because it was decided that the denomination was not required. The development of the note proceeded through several
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The face of the banknote design features a portrait of Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen, with one of her ships looming large in the centre and a second ship in the distance. The predominant colours are red for the portrait and mauve for the ship and background elements.
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The reverse of the banknote design is predominantly beige. It features a genealogical map of Ireland, based on the 1567 map of "Hibernia: Insula non procul ab Anglia vulgare Hirlandia vocata" by John Goghe.
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issue of Irish banknotes as this is the only series without a note of this denomination. The series was Legal Tender from 1976–1995, although not printed after May 1993.
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in 1756. Great Abbey Street and Astons Quay - now known as Middle Abbey Street and Aston Quay respectively are shown as well as the
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During the late 1970s some newspapers reported that a planned £100 note would be mauve and would have
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A Series B hundred pound note was never issued, the Series A £100 note remained in circulation.
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The one pound note was removed from circulation from June 1990 as it was replaced by the
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Series B (1976/82 - 1989/93) Irish Writers, Philosophers and Artists banknotes
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The reverse features an adaptation of animal and script extracts from the
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The reverse has a design based on the wood carvings on the organ loft of
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prohibited the export of any notes larger than £20 from the Republic.
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During much of the period of circulation of this series,
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