Important British, Irish and World Banknotes

Fenian Bonds, Irish Republic, Five Dollars, 17 March 1866, no. 2477, signatures of John O’Mahony and Bernard Killian (Pick S101). Good very fine to about extremely fine (£250-300)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Godfrey Burr Collection.

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The Fenian Brotherhood/Irish Republican Brotherhood was established in 1858. Fundraising notes were designed and prepared for issue during the mid-1860s but by then there was already a split in the ranks which led to two separate issues, although all notes were printed by the Continental Banknote Company, New York