The Bob Blake Collection of Irish Banknotes

Co Cork, Cork, Cork Bank, One Guinea, 15 September 1806, no. 455, payable by Bank of Ireland note, for Sir Thomas Roberts Bart, James Bonwell & John Leslie, signed by John Leslie. An 80mm tear in right side partly pinned together, several small holes, edge damage and missing some small pieces, otherwise good €250-300

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

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The bank, located in St Patrick’s street, was established in 1786 and had evolved as Leslie & Co by 1819. Sir Thomas Roberts, 1st Bt (1738-1817), Brightfieldstown, Co.Cork; James Bonwell (1732-1810), Sunday-Wells, Cork