Date: 1938-1939

A Munster & Leinster Bank, Five Pounds (ploughman) note, dated 9th March 1939, signed by J. Brennan & A.E. Hosford.

Description:

A Munster & Leinster Bank, Five Pound (ploughman) note, dated 9th March 1939, signed by J. Brennan & A.E. Hosford.

• Size: 165mm x 92mm
• Watermarks:
  • A 5-stringed harp at the top left
  • A CBN monogram at the bottom left
  • A shamrock at the bottom right

• Designer: E. Harrison
• S/N: 03MK 064364
  • Known Dates: 4
    
  • 7-APR-1938, 8-OCT-1938
  • 9-MAR-1939, 22-SEP-1939

Obverse Design:

• Central Design:
  • A Ploughman with a team of two horses, hence the common name ‘Ploughman note’ among collectors. The theme was intended to symbolise Ireland’s argricultural self-reliance.
• Colour:
  • Brown, with a green & brown background

Reverse Design:

• Central Design:
  • St Patrick’s Bridge, Cork
• Colour:
  • Brown, with a mauve background

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

• Modern Irish Banknotes
  • Munster & Leinster Bank
    • Consolidated Banks Issue
    • Ploughman Note
      •  Five Pounds
        • Type 2

Books & Catalogues (Irish Banknotes & Paper Money)

• Irish Banknotes, Irish Paper Money 1783-2005
  • Martin MacDevitt, Meath Ireland (2005)
• Paper Money of Ireland – the definitive guide to Irish banknotes
  • Bob Blake & Jonathan Callaway (West, 2009)
• Irish Banknotes – Irish Government Paper Money From 1928
  • Martin MacDevitt (1999)
• Consolidated Banknotes of Ireland
  • Derek Young (1974)
• Legal Tender Banknotes
  • Derek Young (1972)