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History of Irish Currency
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Money and barter in early Ireland
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Barter Before the Vikings came to Ireland, Irish people traded their goods in a system known as “barter”.
Each animal had its own value: for example, six hens = the cost of one sheep
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A fully grown pig (two years old)
was equal in value to one sheep.
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Cattle were considered more valuable than sheep or pigs.
One calf was worth two sheep.
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And an adult cow giving milk was worth eight sheep
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A sheep was also worth three bushels of wheat.
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Viking raiders weren’t interested in friendly barter.
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But they were business men, too, and liked to trade.
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The Vikings brought masses of Asian silver into Ireland and Europe.
Much of it they turned into bracelets and brooches
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As a result of this trade, English coins began to be widely used in Ireland,
especially in the eastern half of the island.
King Edgar of England, died in 975
Eric Bloodaxe, Viking king of Northumbria, died in 955 – can you see his sword?
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Finally the Irish Vikings became so rich that they began to mint their own coins.
Ireland has been making coins ever since
Coins minted for Sitric Silkenbeard of Dublin in the 990s
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Northern IrelandSince the creation of Northern Ireland in 1921 we have been creating our own bank notes as legal tender.
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With partition the south of Ireland used the Punt and later the Euro while Northern Ireland continued to use sterling.
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Today Northern Ireland continues to use the pound with our own bank notes as legal tender.
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