Bank of Ireland £5 note Bank of Ireland £5 note The Bank of Ireland £5 note is a banknote of the pound sterling. It is the smallest denomination of banknote issued by the Bank of Ireland. The Bank of Ireland began issuing notes in 1783, the same year as the bank's founding. Early banknotes were denominations of the Irish Pound, but following that currency's abolition in 1826 banknotes produced by the Bank of Ireland were denominated in pounds sterling. These early banknotes were printed by the bank in Dublin, and featured a design with a row of Mercury heads across the top. This basic design
New Zealand twenty-dollar note New Zealand twenty-dollar note The New Zealand twenty-dollar note ($20) is the current middle denomination banknote of the New Zealand dollar. The $20 note was introduced on 10 July 1967, replacing the New Zealand ten-pound note. The first $20 notes featured Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse, with a window watermark panel showing a portrait of Captain James Cook. The obverse featured a kererū ("Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae") and a miro ("Prumnopitys ferruginea"). This issue's design was very similar to the first issue, with the most obvious difference being the updated portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. There is also some