5 Pounds

Issuer Ireland
Year 1976-1993
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Pounds (5 Punt)
Currency Pound / Irish Pound (decimalized, 1971-2001)
Composition Paper
Size 156 × 82 mm
Shape Rectangular
Printer Central Bank of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (1974-2001)
Designer(s) Servicon
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Reference(s) P#71
Obverse description Johannes Scotus Eriugena (ninth-century philosopher and theologian) at right. Letter A from the start of Psalm 17 in the Psalter of Ricemarch. Book of Durrow in background.
Obverse lettering Banc Ceannais na hÉireann Nótaí dlíthairgthe cúig phunt
(Translation: Central Bank of Ireland Legal tender note five pounds)
Reverse description Extracts from the Book of Kells (eighth-century copy of the gospels)
Reverse lettering Central Bank of Ireland £5 Legal Tender
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Numisquare ID 1203465040
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