Matthew Patay's
Note of the Month
February 2003
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This month's featured note
is from the Republic of Ireland.
The denomination is 10 Punt (Pounds) and the Standard Catalog of World Paper Money
(SCWPM) Number is P-76b.
The note is dated 1998. The Republic of Ireland currently uses the Euro.
(obverse)
The banknote is dark green and brown on multicolored under print.
Joyce, James (1882-1941),
Irish author, whose writings feature revolutionary innovations in prose
techniques. He was one of the foremost literary figures of the 20th century.
Joyce is best known for his epic novel Ulysses (1922), which uses
stream of consciousness, a literary technique that attempts to portray the
natural and sometimes irrational flow of thoughts and sensations in a person’s
mind, is at right.
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The information, immediately
above and below,
was obtained from:
Encarta.msn.com
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
(1882 - 1941)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in a Dublin suburb. He was the eldest of ten children, and his family was poor and Roman Catholic. As a youth, Joyce was educated at Roman Catholic lower schools and at home. He earned a degree in Latin from University College, Dublin in 1902. While he was at University College, Joyce renounced the Roman Catholic faith. In 1904 he and his companion, Nora Barnacle, left Ireland for good. They lived in Trieste, Italy; Paris, France; and Zurich, Switzerland. They had two children but did not marry until 1932. To support the family, Joyce worked as a language instructor and received writing grants from patrons, but the family was never comfortable financially. During much of his adult life Joyce suffered from a series of severe eye troubles that eventually led to near blindness. He died in 1941, shortly after the outbreak of World War II (1939-1945).
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(reverse)
Sculpted head representing Liffey River at left.
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The following information was obtained from:
Central Bank of Ireland Website
The Central Bank of Ireland introduced the
second in the current series of banknotes - the £10 - in September 1993. This
note, like the £20 issued in 1992, was designed by Robert Ballagh. The theme of
the series of notes is centered on the 19th and early 20th centuries - the era
in which modern Ireland was formed.
The front of the £10 note features a portrait of James Joyce (1882 - 1941) based on an original by Robert Ballagh. It is set against a panoramic view of Dublin city and parts of counties Dublin and Wicklow drawn in the 19th century by T R Harvey.
The back of the note carries a reproduction of one of the fourteen heads sculpted by Edward Smyth for the Custom House. It is said to represent the river Liffey. This head and the opening lines of Finnegans Wake are overlaid on part of a 19th century map of Dublin.
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