IMP – Isle of Man Pound

Monetary System

1865: 1 Manx pound (IMP) = 20 shillings
1971: 1 Manx pound (IMP) = 100 pence

1983 Issues

The 50-pound denomination is new and features a portrait by Peter Grudgeon.

Description: 50.00 IMP – Isle of Man Pound Size: 170 x 95 mm

Blue, green, and violet. Front: English text; triskelion; Queen Elizabeth II wearing Grand Duchess Vladimir’s tiara and Queen Victoria’s golden jubilee necklace; map of Isle of Man. Back: English text; women drying laundry on hill overlooking city and port of Douglas Bay in 1841. Solid security thread. Watermark: Triskelion. Printer: BRADBURY WILKINSON. 170 x 95 mm. Paper.

1990 – 2020 Issues

These notes are like the preceding issues, but are reduced in size and bear the imprint of Thomas De La Rue, not Bradbury Wilkinson, which was taken over by TDLR in 1985. The 10- and 20-pound notes have varieties in the redemption clause at top center on front.

Description: 1.00 IMP – Isle of Man Pound Size: 128 x 65 mm

Purple. Front: English text; triskelion; map of Isle of Man; Queen Elizabeth II wearing Queen Victoria’s collet necklace and earrings, and sash with Order of King George VI and Order of King George V. Back: English text; mound, flag, cross, and Saint John’s Church on Tynwald Hill. Solid security thread. Watermark: Triskelion. Printer: THOMAS DE LA RUE AND COMPANY LIMITED. 128 x 65 mm. Paper.

Description: 5.00 IMP – Isle of Man Pound Size: 135 x 69 mm

Purple, blue, and green. Front: English text; map of Isle of Man; triskelion; Queen Elizabeth II wearing Queen Victoria’s collet necklace and earrings, and sash with Order of King George VI and Order of King George V. Back: English text; Castle Rushen in Castletown. Solid security thread. Watermark: Triskelion. Printer: Varieties. 135 x 69 mm. Paper.

Description: 10.00 IMP – Isle of Man Pound Size: 142 x 75 mm

Brown, green, violet, and orange. Front: English text; triskelion; map of Isle of Man; Queen Elizabeth II wearing Queen Victoria’s collet necklace and earrings, and sash with Order of King George VI and Order of King George V. Back: English text; Peel Castle; mast of ship; sailors and fishermen with nets and baskets on dock. Solid security thread with demetalized ISLE OF MAN. Watermark: Triskelion. Printer: Varieties. 142 x 75 mm. Paper.

Description: 20.00 IMP – Isle of Man Pound Size: 150 x 80 mm

Red, brown, blue, purple, orange, and yellow. Front: English text; map of Isle of Man; triskelion; Queen Elizabeth II wearing Queen Victoria’s collet necklace and earrings, and sash with Order of King George VI and Order of King George V. Back: English text; crowd of people cheering the inauguration of the Laxey Wheel in 1854. Solid security thread with demetalized ISLE OF MAN. Watermark: Triskelion. Printer: Varieties. 150 x 80 mm. Paper.

Isle of Man Government

Prior to the passage of the Isle of Man Government Notes Act in 1961, several private commercial banks issued notes which were used on the Isle of Man. The act revoked their licenses to issue banknotes as of 31 July 1961, and transferred the exclusive right to issue notes to the Isle of Man Government.
The Isle of Man is in currency union with the United Kingdom, and the Manx pound is a local issue of coins and banknotes denominated in pounds sterling, similar to the way notes are issued in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Manx currency can be exchanged at par with other sterling coinage and notes. The Isle of Man Treasury states that the locally issued currency, United Kingdom coinage, and Bank of England notes are all legal tender within the island. UK notes and coins are generally accepted in the Isle of Man, but Manx notes and coins are not generally accepted in the UK.
For more information, visit www.gov.im/treasury.