Paper Money

One Pound, 1 June 1839, no. 54764, Athlone, stamped cancelled twice in red (PR 19; Pick –). Split and rejoined at centre, pinholes and spots of thinning, otherwise good fine £200-250

Provenance: R. Blake Collection, DNW Auction B10 (Dublin), 14 March 2009, lot 811.

Notes bearing the portrait of William IV have been recorded into the mid-1840s. There has been an attempt to alter this note to £5 by adding printed panels over the denominations at upper right and lower left, leaving the value in the central panel illegible