Counterfeiting in the 19th C The 19th C began as the 18th C had finished – with people being hanged for ‘coining’ (making counterfeit coins) and ‘uttering’ (trying to spend them), with the exception that women were no longer ‘burned at the stake’ for high treason – they were now hanged along with the men.…
Date: 1820 Description: A Bank of Ireland (Sixth Issue), Thirty Shillings (One Pound & Ten Shillings) note Issued on 5th April 1820 Serial Number: 51334 Country: Ireland Category: Early Irish Banknotes Bank of Ireland Sixth Issue (1815-1825) Thirty Shillings Note Further Reading: Bank of Ireland (A Brief History & Checklist of Old Banknotes) Irish…
Introduction: In 1809, the British defeated the French fleet in Zakynthos (October 2, 1809) captured Kefallonia, Kythera and Zakynthos, and took Lefkada in 1810. The French held out in Corfu until 1814. The Treaty of Paris in 1815 turned the islands into the “United States of the Ionian Islands” under British protection (November 5, 1815)…
Date: 1838-1842 Description: A Bank of Ireland One Pound note (Eighth Issue), Type 3 Issued on 3rd March 1840 Serial Number: B/A 62319 Obverse: The £1 note of this 8th issue of the Bank of Ireland series features This note is part of the new series issued from 1838, depicting statues of Hibernia at left…
Date: 1866-1867 Description: These certificates were also engraved by the Continental Bank Note Company of New York and are dated 186__ (with the year to be added by hand at the date of issue).These certificates are very attractive and very collectable. Unissued Dated: 186__ Serial Number: 3043 Obverse: A vignette of an American soldier, his…
Date: 1865-1867 Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. The $50 Bond featured vignettes of Theobald Wolfe Tone and Lord Edward Fitzgerald Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company, New York Size: 18…
Date: 1865-1867 Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. The $20 Bond featured vignettes of Theobald Wolfe Tone and Robert Emmet Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company, New York Size: 18 x…
Date: 1865-1867 Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. This one is valued at $5 and is the lowest denomination of the Fenian Bonds. It was issued on St Patrick’s Day – probably…
Date: 1865-1867 Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. The bond illustrated above is a very early issue, dated 20th February 1866 and has a very low serial number: 8 993. The $100…
Date: 1865-1867 Description: Issued between 1866 and 1867, these are the first type of Fenian Bond from this period, entitled ‘The National Bond for the Irish Republic’ and signed by O’Mahony. The $10 Bond featured vignettes of Theobald Wolfe Tone and Lord Edward Fitzgerald Printed by Continental Bank Note Printing Company, New York Size:…
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