Important British, Irish and World Banknotes

Provident Bank of Ireland, One Pound, 1 March 1837, A 18649, Dublin, signed by E.P. Powers. Pinholes, otherwise good fine (£800-1,000)

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

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The bank was in existence from 1837 to 1840 and caused some speculation because of the similarity between the design of its notes, which were engraved and printed by W.H. Holbrooke in Dublin, and those issued by the Provincial Bank of Ireland