Co Dublin, DUBLIN, Alexanders Bank, Three Pounds, 23 October 1817, no. 1119, for Sir William Alexander Bt, Robert Alexander Jr, William James Alexander & William John Alexander Esq. Split and rejoined at centre, worn edges and missing strip on lower left, many splits and small holes in body but still intact, good, scarce €200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bob Blake Collection of Irish Banknotes.

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Sir William Alexander, 1st Bt Alexander of Belcamp (1743-c. 1820), a former Lord Mayor of Dublin, established his bank in 1810. Among his partners were his son William John Alexander, who died in 1856, and, later, two of his grandsons, William John Alexander Jr (1797-1873) and Robert du Pre Alexander (1802-74). The bank failed in June 1820