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№ 531 x

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14 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£89

Co Wexford, Ross, Ross Bank, Three Guineas (Three Pounds, Eight Shillings and Threepence), 18—, unissued, for Peter Roe, numbers, date and signature added sometime after the bank failed. Paper treated on right side and now a different texture from the rest of note, otherwise very fine €120-150

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

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The bank was first registered for Peter Roe in 1799 and re-registered the following year for Peter Roe and George Roe. It collapsed in 1814