The Bob Blake Collection of Irish Banknotes

Co. Dublin, Dublin, Shaws Bank, One Pound British, 5 July 1833, no. 5583, for Sir Robert Shaw Bart, Thomas R. Needham and Ponsonby Shaw, signed by Robert Shaw (PB 210, this note illustrated). Endorsement on back and a few pinholes, otherwise crisp, good very fine, rare £800-1,000

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

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Shaws was the last private bank to issue notes. It was taken over by the Royal Bank of Ireland in 1836