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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Treasury of the Irish Republic |
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| Year | 1866 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Green-tinted note with a central vignette of a standing female figure in classical dress to the left, accompanied by a decorative column or standard. The bold script title 'Irish Republic' arches across the upper centre, with 'Five Dollars' in large lettering below, and a circular portrait vignette of a man to the right. Manuscript text references payment six months after acknowledgement of Irish independence, countersigned by the Treasury of the Irish Republic with a manuscript date. |
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| Obverse lettering | Irish Republic Five Dollars This is to Certify that Pay to Bearer Six Months after the acknowledgement of Independence of the Irish Nation To the Treasury of the Irish Republic |
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The Irish Republic Treasury notes of 1866 were Fenian Brotherhood instruments, issued not for domestic circulation but to raise funds among the Irish diaspora in the United States following the Civil War. The timing was deliberate — demobilized Irish-American veterans were being recruited for the planned invasion of Canada, and these notes were sold as bonds, carrying an implicit promise of redemption once an Irish republic was established.
American Bank Note Company produced the series at their New York facilities, which also handled U.S. government securities at the time — a detail that lent the notes a surface credibility that the underlying political reality did not support. No Irish republic ever redeemed them.