Yes, you read that correctly. A massive €347,404,127 worth of old Irish banknotes and coins have yet to be handed in to the Central Bank of Ireland since the introduction of the Euro on 1st January 2002 – 18 years since the Euro Changeover! To be absolutely precise, that’s: €224,389,631.19 in old Irish bank notes…
Date: 1938-1939 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…
Date: 1929-1931 Description: A Munster & Leinster Bank Limited, Ten Pounds, dated 6th May 1929, signed by J. Brennan & J.L. Cubbins. 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 032766 Known Dates:…
Date: 1929-1931 Description: An Hibernian Bank Limited, Ten Pounds, dated 6th May 1929, signed by J. Brennan & J.A. Gargan. 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: 01HT 016863 Known Dates: 3 6-MAY-1929…
Date: 1929 Description: A Bank of Ireland, Ten Pounds, dated 6th May 1929, signed by J. Brennan & J.A. Gargan. 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: 01BT 024135 Known Dates: 1 6-MAY-1929…
Date: 1932 Description: A Currency Commission of the Irish Free State, Ten Pounds, Type 1b (In-line Prefix). Signed by: Joseph Brennan / James J. McElligott. Designer: John Harrison, Chief Portrait Engraver of Waterlow and Sons Ltd, London Engraved and printed by Waterlow & Sons, on Portal’s paper, in London Size: 78mm x 138mm Known Dates:…
Date: 1925 Description: A Bank of Ireland (Seventeenth Issue), Ten Pound Note, Type 1b (Larger fractional prefix), Signature: Joseph A. Gargan, Chief Cashier. Date: 10-OCT-1925 Issued on 10th October 1925 Serial Number: U/46 031453 Size: 200mm x 115mm Country: Ireland Category: Early Irish Banknotes Bank of Ireland Seventeenth Issue Ten Pounds Type 1b Further…
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Circulation: According to Central Bank of Ireland records, all £20, £50 and £100 ‘ploughman’ notes were successfully withdrawn from circulation, i.e. there are no ‘circulating’ examples left for collectors to collect.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…
Introduction The Provincial Bank of Ireland was established in 1825, pioneered branch banking in Ireland. The terms, rights and privileges of the Bank of Ireland allowed it to effectively strangle the development of banking in Ireland until the Irish Banking Crisis that followed the post-Napoleonic War Depression. The Bank of Ireland effectively held a monopoly…
Introduction As early as 1971, the Central Bank of Ireland announced its intention to produce new banknotes to replace the long-lived Lady Lavery issue which had been printed by the Bank of England in London and circulating in Ireland since 1928. They sub-contracted the design phase to Servicon – an Irish design company, to design…
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