Modification Request for Irish Currencies [opgelost]

We currently have two Irish currencies named Pound and dated 997-1928 and 1928-1971. The break in 1928 represents the start of issues for the Free State, 1971 was decimalization. However, the currency was the same before and after 1928 as it remained linked to sterling until 1978. There was a change in the pound used in Ireland in 1826, when the "Irish Pound", worth 12/13 of the pound sterling, was replaced by sterling. No coins were issued between 1826 and 1928 (although we do list a token from 1853) but there were banknotes which I'd like to start adding. Can I therefore request that the dates for the two existing currencies are modified to "Pound (997-1826)" and "Pound (1826-1971)"?

The Irish Pound should be divided as follows;

997 to 1823.

1928 to 1971.

1971 to 2001.

The Irish Pound was pegged at 1 to 1 with the Pound Sterling from 1928 to 1979, when the Irish Pound's peg was severed as part of going into the E.R.M.

2001 was the year that the only Irish banknote denominated in Pounds was issued for the last time - a 50 Pounds.

The last issues prior to that are dated 1999.

Aidan.

If we did that, we'd have nowhere to put the Irish banknotes issued between 1826 and 1928 (see http://www.irishpapermoney.com/old-irish-banknotes-pre-1929-joint-stock-banks.html). The date of 1823 may be when the last coins were issued but the currency reform occured in 1826. Here's a link to the text of the Act of Parliament.
https://www.gbps.org.uk/information/sources/acts/1825-06-27_Act-6-George-IV-cap-79.php

I reiterate that "Pound (997-1928)" needs changing to "Pound (997-1826)" and "Pound (1928-1971)" needs changing to "Pound (1826-1971)".

We would have a section for Pound Sterling from 1826 to 1928, considering that Ireland was in a currency union with the U.K. without its own coins.

Irish trading bank notes had a similar status to the Scots trading bank notes - not strictly legal tender, but customary tender though.

Aidan.

There's no reason to do that since the notes issued after 1928 by the Currency Commission and the Central Bank were denominated in pounds sterling. That only changed in 1961, when the promise to pay the bearer "in London" was removed. There was a change in who issued the notes and a change in the areas they circulated in but, unless we're going to split Ireland completely at some point in the 1920s to indicate the establishement of the Free State, there's no reason to split the currency in 1928.

The Irish Pound from 1928 to 1979 was pegged 1 to 1 with the Pound Sterling - but it was still an independent currency though.

The currency union between Ireland & the U.K. was a de-facto arrangement.

It was possible to spend Pounds Sterling in Ireland, but Irish Pounds were generally not accepted in the U.K., except at the post office.

Aidan.

The notes were issued in sterling until 1960. It says so on them. We can argue about how independent the Irish pound was but there was no break in the currency in 1928. It was sterling before and after, just issued by a different authority. There are plenty of examples where the currency continued unchanged after a state became independent.

Valid request, even though Irish history is pretty unclear for me in these times. Changed.