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Currency in limit to the amount of cash you the words “Bank of England”
Northern Ireland
can take into and out of Northern on British notes. It is best to
Northern Ireland uses British Ireland. In addition to the British use the provincial banknotes
currency – the pound sterling (£), currency, four provincial banks in Northern Ireland rather than
which is divided into 100 pence issue their own banknotes (bills), in Britain – some shops may be
(p). As there are no exchange worth the same as their counter­ reluctant to accept notes that
controls in the UK, there is no parts. To tell them apart, look for are unfamiliar to them.

£50 note
Banknotes
British banknotes are issued in £20 note
the denominations £50, £20,
£10 and £5. Always carry small
denominations as some shops
may refuse the £50 note.

Coins £10 note
Coins come in the following
denominations: £2, £1, 50p, 20p, £5 note
10p, 5p, 2p and 1p. All have the
Queen’s head on one side and
are the same as those elsewhere
in the UK, except that the pound
coin has a different detail – a flax
plant – on the reverse side. £2 £1 50p 20p 10p
The Euro
EU members have opted out of monuments. The coins have one
The Republic of Ireland was one of joining this common currency. side identical (the value side), and
12 countries which adopted the Euro notes are identical one side with an image unique
euro in 2002. EU members using throughout the eurozone, each to each coun try. Notes and coins
the euro as sole currency are featuring designs of fictional are exchangeable in each of the
known as the eurozone. Sev eral architectural structures and participating euro countries.

€50 note
Banknotes
Euro banknotes, each a different
€20 note colour and size, have seven
denominations. The €5 note
(grey in colour) is the smallest,
followed by the €10 note (pink),
€20 note (blue), €50 note
(orange), €100 note (green),
€200 note (yellow) and €500
note (purple).

€10 note
€5 note Coins
The euro has eight coin
denominations: €2 and
€1 (gold and silver); 50 cents,
20 cents, 10 cents (gold);
5 cents, 2 cents and
€2 coin €1 coin 50 cents 20 cents 10 cents 1 cent (bronze).

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