Date: 1798-1802 Description: Fourth issue Bank of Ireland note: Bank of Ireland, One Guinea & Half (Sterling), dated 9th October 1802 One Pound, fourteen shillings and three-halfpence (Irish) Uniface banknote, printed in black on white paper Hibernia seated at upper left. Country: Ireland Category: Early Irish Banknotes Bank of Ireland Fourth Issue (1798-1812) One &…
Date: 1820 Description: Bank of Ireland, colour rial for £1, c.1820, printed using process patented in 1820 by Sir William Congreve, backed on card, very fine and rare Country: Ireland Category: Early Irish Banknotes Bank of Ireland Sixth Issue (1815-1825) One Pound Further Reading: Bank of Ireland (A Brief History & Checklist of…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse silver penny, Phase III, Class A (Plain Head), Type 1h (Long Cross with two hands + cross pommée). The obverse and reverse legends are, as usual, badly blundered and indecipherable. Obverse: Plain Bust, imitating Aethelred of England. Legend: Badly blundered. Reverse: Long Cross imitation, with two symbolic hands and cross…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, Phase III, Class A, Type 1b silver penny. The obverse and reverse legends, as usual, are badly blundered and indecipherable. Obverse: Plain Bust, imitating Aethelred of England. Legend: Badly blundered. Reverse: Long Cross imitation, with symbolic hands (with pellet/thumbs) in 2 quadrants. Legend: Badly blundered. Country: Ireland Category: Hiberno-Norse…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Plain bust with symbol – Pellet behind Head, Type 3b – Long Cross with two hands + one pellet on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol…
Withdrawal from Circulation: According to Central Bank of Ireland records, all £20, £50 and £100 ‘ploughman’ notes were successfully withdrawn from circulation, i.e. there are no ‘circulating’ examples left for collectors to collect. That said, the remaining £1, £5 and £10 ‘ploughman’ notes aren’t exactly common nowadays either – as per table below: Estimated Number…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse penny, Phase III, Class E (Symbol above Head), Type 7 – Long Cross, with two hands. Echmarcach Mac Ragnaill. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust of Ethelred II, imitating earlier Phase I types. Symbol above head – one large pellet. Legend: Badly blundered.…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class E (Bust with Symbols), Type 5a – Pellet on Neck, plus three pellets behind Head; Rev. Long Cross, with three pellets + hand (stigmata) in the quadrants of the reverse cross. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised bust…
Date: c. 1035-1060 Description: Hiberno-Norse coinage, silver penny, Phase III, Class B (Hand in front of Face), Type 1b – Hiberno-Norse penny, Phase III, Class B (Hand in front of face), Type 1b – Long Cross, large Pellet + Stigmata Hand on reverse. Badly blundered legends on both obverse and reverse – undecipherable. Obverse: Stylised…
The Clonmel Bank Watson’s Bank was located on Johnston Street, in Clonmel and was founded by Solomon Watson in 1800, along with two of his brothers (John Watson and William Watson) as partners. The Watson’s were a well known Quaker family in Clonmel and their bank went through 3 partnership changes before ceasing operation in…
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