Date: 1922 Description: A Bank of Ireland Pound note (Seventeenth Issue), Type 2 (last Dublin issue) Issued on 12th June 1922 (Serif Numbers in date) Serial Number: 11A 355700 (In-line s/n in black) Signed by: S. Hinton, Chief Cashier Obverse: The £1 note of this 17th issue of the Bank of Ireland series features A…
Date: 1922 Description: A Bank of Ireland Pound note (Seventeenth Issue), Type 2 (last Dublin issue) Issued on 10th April 1922 (Month of date in full) Serial Number: 10A000001 (In-line s/n in black) Signed by: S. Hinton, Chief Cashier Obverse: The £1 note of this 17th issue of the Bank of Ireland series features A…
Date: 1928 Description: A Bank of Ireland Pound note (Seventeenth Issue), Type 2 (last Dublin issue) Issued on 16th February 1928 Serial Number: A23-168186 (in red) Signed by: Joseph A. Gargan, Chief Cashier Obverse: The £1 note of this 17th issue of the Bank of Ireland series features A blue-green underprint with a green oval…
Date: 1813 Description: A Bank of Ireland (Fifth Issue), One Pound note Issued on 11th January 1813 Serial Number: 7187 Country: Ireland Category: Early Irish Banknotes Bank of Ireland Fifth Issue (1812-1815) One Pound Further Reading: Bank of Ireland (A Brief History & Checklist of Old Banknotes) Books & Catalogues (Irish Banknotes & Paper…
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…
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