Currency Commission

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The Currency Commission was the central monetary authority of the Irish Free State responsible for issuing and regulating its national currency before the establishment of a full central bank.

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Label Occurrences
Currency Commission canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government agency ⓘ
monetary authority ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Irish Free State ⓘ
country Irish Free State ⓘ
dissolvedUpon establishment of a full central bank in Ireland ⓘ
establishedFor creation of an independent Irish currency system ⓘ
transition from British to Irish monetary control ⓘ
field central banking ⓘ
financial regulation ⓘ
monetary policy ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the Irish Free State ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver currency issuance in the Irish Free State ⓘ
regulation of legal tender in the Irish Free State ⓘ
hasScope national ⓘ
hasSuccessorFunction central banking functions of the Central Bank of Ireland ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
historicalSignificance early step toward Irish central banking ⓘ
symbol of Irish monetary independence ⓘ
legalForm statutory body ⓘ
locatedIn Dublin ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
mainFunction issue national currency ⓘ
manage note issue ⓘ
oversee monetary stability ⓘ
regulate national currency ⓘ
mandateIncludes ensuring adequate supply of currency ⓘ
protection of the value of the national currency ⓘ
operatedInCurrency Irish Free State pound ⓘ
Saorstát pound ⓘ
operatesWithinFramework Irish Free State legislation ⓘ
partOf financial system of the Irish Free State ⓘ
precededBy British monetary authorities in Ireland ⓘ
regulates monetary circulation in the Irish Free State ⓘ
standards for national currency notes ⓘ
replacedBy Central Bank of Ireland ⓘ
responsibleTo government of the Irish Free State ⓘ
role central monetary authority ⓘ
currency issuer ⓘ
currency regulator ⓘ
sector public sector ⓘ
supervises circulation of national currency ⓘ
issuance of banknotes ⓘ
typeOfRegulation currency regulation ⓘ
monetary control ⓘ
usesLanguage English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Irish Free State pound → monetaryAuthority → Currency Commission ⓘ