Date: 1938-1939

A Munster & Leinster Bank, Ten Pounds (ploughman) note, dated 7th March 1938, signed by J. Brennan & A.E. Hosford.

Description:

A Munster & Leinster Bank, Ten Pounds (ploughman) note, dated 7th March 1938, signed by J. Brennan & A.E. Hosford.

• Size: 191mm x 108mm
• 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: 01MT 071892
  • Known Dates: 2
  • 7-MAR-1938
  • 4-AUG-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:
  • Blue, with a green & mauve background

Reverse Design:

• Central Design:
  • The Currency Commission Building, Dublin
• Colour:
  • Blue, with a green background

Country:

• Ireland

Category:

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

Further Reading:

• Small Private Banks in 18th C and Early 19th C Ireland
• Bank of Ireland (A Brief History & Checklist of Old Banknotes)
• The Joint-Stock Banks of 19th and Early 20th C Ireland
• Modern Irish Banknotes

• O’Brien Banknote Price Guide 2019: Ploughman £20, £50 and £100 Notes (Specimens, Colour Trials & Proofs)

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)