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14 March 2009

Estimate: £400–£500

Thirty Shillings, 1 November 1825, no. 5398, Cork (Pick –). Split and partially rejoined but missing strip at centre, a couple of short edge tears on left side and pinholes, otherwise about very good, scarce €400-500

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

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The bank opened its first branch in Cork on 1 September 1825. This particular note is from a short-lived design without vignette of Hibernia and Britannia and with George IV at upper left