Important British and World Banknotes

Newry Bank, Three Shillings and Nine Pence Halfpenny, 6 July 1804, 340, Newry, for Trevor Corry, H. Ogle, Robert Macan, Hugh Carlile and Smithson Corry, uniface black on white, ship and trading cargo at left side and spinning wheel at lower left. Some long tears in body, fragile but intact, good, rare (£350-400)

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

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Fractional denominations for less than One Pound were issued by some banks at the time, but mostly in Munster and Leinster. This is the first time we have commercially handled an example from Ulster