F1: Coinage and Currency

CATEGORY F1: COINAGE AND CURRENCY

 

The Statute Law Revision Programme considers the instruments in this category to be suitable for revocation.

 

This category consists of proclamations relating to the currency and coinage of both Ireland and of the currency and coinage of . The instruments were made pursuant to prerogative authority.

 

The Statute Law Revision Programme consulted with the Department of Finance an on the instruments in this category. The Department agreed that the instruments were suitable for revocation.

 

Please note that spellings are recorded as they appear in the original print versions of the Dublin and London Gazette and have not been standardised or modernised. The wording of the subject matter of instruments is not final and is subject to change.

 

i. Instruments of the British Government in Ireland

 

Reference No.

Date and Citation

Subject Matter

Digital Version

  1.  

December 19, 1822 [D.G., Issue No. 10603, p. 733]

Proclamation giving currency to a new copper coinage

DG10603.733

  1.  

August 23, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11017, p. 665]

Proclamation appointing September 8, 1825, as the day from which people in the province of Ulster and in Co. Sligo may exchange bank tokens for silver coin

DG11017.665

  1.  

September 12, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11026, p. 769]

Proclamation appointing October 4, 1825, as the day from which people in Counties Longford and Louth and in the province of Connacht may exchange bank tokens for silver coin

DG11026.769

  1.  

October 8, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11037, p. 837]

Proclamation appointing October 20, 1825, as the day from which people in Counties Westmeath, Cork, the King’s County and in parts of Co. Tipperary may exchange bank tokens for silver coin

DG11037.837

  1.  

October 24, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11044, p. 897]

Proclamation appointing November 10, 1825, as the day from which people in Co. Kerry and in parts of Counties Clare and Cork may exchange bank tokens for silver coin

DG11044.897

  1.  

November 5, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11049, p. 937]

Proclamation appointing November 19, 1825, as the day from which people in Counties Limerick, Clare, Waterford and in parts of Counties Tipperary, Wexford and the King’s County may exchange bank tokens for silver coin

DG11049.937

  1.  

November 21, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11056, p. 973]

Proclamation appointing December 5, 1825, as the day from which people in Counties Kilkenny, Kildare, Carlow, Meath, Wicklow, the town of Drogheda, the Queen’s County and in parts of Counties Tipperary and Wexford may exchange bank tokens for silver coin

DG11056.973

  1.  

December 26, 1825 [D.G., Issue No. 11074, p. 1]

Proclamation giving currency to a new copper coinage in Ireland

DG11074.1

 

ii. United Kingdom Instruments

 

Reference No.

Date and Citation

Subject Matter

Digital Version

2963.               

February 6, 1821 [L.G., Issue No. 17683, p. 465]

Proclamation changing the weights at which sovereigns and half sovereigns shall pass as current and lawful money of Great Britain and Ireland

London Gazette Issue No. 17683

2964.               

March 21, 1821 [L.G., Issue No. 17691, p. 665]

Proclamation giving currency to a new silver coinage of crowns, shillings, sixpences and Maundy monies

London Gazette Issue No. 17691

2967.               

May 5, 1821 [L.G., Issue No. 17710, p. 1130]

Proclamation giving currency to a new gold coinage of sovereigns and half-sovereigns

London Gazette Issue No. 17710

2972.               

November 14, 1821 [L.G., Issue No. 17765, p. 2253]

Proclamation giving currency to a new coinage of farthings

London Gazette Issue No. 17765

2980.               

September 19, 1823 [L.G., Issue No. 17959, p. 1545]

Proclamation giving currency to the double sovereign

London Gazette Issue No. 17959

2987.               

June 14, 1825 [L.G., Issue No. 18147, p. 1065]

Order approving the designs of gold and silver coinage

London Gazette Issue No. 18147

2991.               

December 20, 1825 [L.G., Issue No. 18210, p. 49]

Proclamation appointing January 6, 1826 as the day from which the silver and gold coins of Great Britain may pass current and circulate in Ireland

London Gazette Issue No. 18210

2992.               

January 30, 1826 [L.G., Issue No. 18216, p. 210]

Proclamation giving currency to penny pieces, halfpenny pieces and farthing pieces in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

London Gazette Issue No. 18216

3028.               

April 13, 1831 [L.G., Issue No. 18793, p. 714]

Proclamation giving currency to double sovereigns, sovereigns and half sovereigns

London Gazette Issue No. 18793

3065.               

February 3, 1836 [L.G., Issue No. 19353, p. 223]

Proclamation giving currency to a new silver coinage of groats or fourpences

London Gazette Issue No. 19353

3089.               

July 5, 1838 [L.G., Issue No. 19633, p. 1529]

Proclamation giving currency to a new coinage of gold, silver and copper money

London Gazette Issue No. 19633

3090.               

July 18, 1838 [L.G., Issue No. 19637, p. 1629]

Proclamation giving currency to a new coinage of groats

London Gazette Issue No. 19637

3130.               

June 3, 1842 [L.G., Issue No. 20108, p. 1549]

Proclamation prescribing the weight at which gold coins shall pass and be current

London Gazette Issue No. 20108

3133.               

June 3, 1842 [L.G., Issue No. 20113, p. 1717]

Proclamation giving currency to a new coinage of half-farthing pieces

London Gazette Issue No. 20113

3147.               

October 2, 1843 [L.G., Issue No. 20266, p. 3214]

Proclamation withdrawing and defacing all light gold coin in circulation  

London Gazette Issue No. 20266

3201.               

July 30, 1849 [L.G., Issue No. 21005, p. 2414]

Proclamation giving currency to a new silver coinage of crowns, half-crowns, shillings and sixpences

London Gazette Issue No. 21005

3229.               

April 5, 1852 [L.G., Issue No. 21307, p. 987]

Proclamation giving currency to a new silver coinage of florins or tenths of a pound

London Gazette Issue No. 21307

3328.               

December 17, 1860 [L.G., Issue No. 22461, p. 5095]

Proclamation giving currency to penny pieces, halfpenny pieces and farthing pieces

London Gazette Issue No. 22461