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24 October 2012
Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Belfast Commercial Bank, Twenty Five Shillings [One Pound, Seven Shillings and One Penny Irish], 18—, for William Tennent, Robert Callwell, James Luke & John Thomson (PB 29H). Very light staining on the back, otherwise good extremely fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £580
Co CAVAN, Kingscourt, Bank of Kingscourt, One Guinea, 7 April 1809, nos. X/D 86703 and 7/102, Entd. ‘Bank of Ireland’ at lower left (PB 265). Mounted on corners to backing paper, good very fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £200
Co Dublin, Dublin, Ffrenchs Bank, One Pound, Five Shillings, 24 June 1813, no. 2942, for Hon. Charles Ffrench, Henry Taaffe, Michael Morris, William Keary, Hon. Thomas Ffrench & Hon. Martin Ffrench (PB 149C). Bankruptcy stamp on front, pinholes and right edge worn, otherwise about very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £150
Co Dublin, Dublin, Gibbons & Williams, Thirty Shillings, 1 September 1833, no. 696 (PB 159). Many endorsements on both sides, foxing, pinholes and missing part of top right corner, otherwise very good £80-100
£80–£100
Co Galway, Galway, Galway Bank, Thirty Shillings, 4 June 1813, no. 440, contemporary forgery on bank of John Joyce and Francis Blake, with imitation signature of Francis Blake, ‘Forgery’ inscribed across front. Two strips of backing paper, one covering missing piece on right side, otherwise very good £100-150
Hammer Price: £270
Co Galway, Galway, Galway Bank, Thirty Shillings, 18—, unissued, for John Joyce and Francis Blake. Two small holes in left side, a 10mm tear and two small pieces out of bottom edge, otherwise good fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £90
Co Kerry, Killarney, William Murphy, Sixpence-Halfpenny, 7 March 1797, number no longer visible, signed by William Murphy (Blake and Callaway p.86, this note illustrated). Pinholes and edge nicks, otherwise very good £200-250
Hammer Price: £160
Co KERRY, Killarney, William Murphy, Three British Shillings, 17 March 1797, no. 6240, signed by William Murphy (Blake and Callaway p.86, this note illustrated). Tears on left side and missing strip at bottom left, otherwise very good £200-250
Hammer Price: £190
Co Limerick, Limerick, Bank of Limerick, Five Pounds, 30 November 1819, no. 38, for George Maunsell, John Kennedy and Robert Hedges Maunsell, signed by R.H. Maunsell (PB 276). Split and rejoined at centre, repair on back covering hole at centre, otherwise good fine to very fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £110
Co Limerick, Limerick, Roche’s Bank, Bank Post Bill, Four Guineas (Four Pounds, Eleven Shillings), unissued, 18—, for Thomas Roche & William Roche (PB 279). Piece out of bottom edge and a couple of spots of thinning, otherwise good very fine £200-250
Co Waterford, Waterford, Waterford Bank, Two Guineas [Two Pounds, Five Shillings & Sixpence], 1 January 1808, no. 818, for Abram Atkins, Nicolas Britiffe Skottowe and Richard Roberts, signed by N.B. Skottowe (PB 334). Pinholes and endorsements on back, otherwise fine £600-800
Hammer Price: £410
Co Waterford, Waterford Bank, Thee Pounds, 1 October 1809, D 146, for Abram Atkins, Nicholas Britiffe Skottowe & Richard Roberts, signed by N.B. Skottowe (PB 334). Good fine £350-400
Hammer Price: £370
Co Wexford, New Ross, Ross Bank, Four Guineas, 1 September 1814, no. 288, for Peter Roe, unsigned and unissued (PB 317). Good fine £80-100
Hammer Price: £70
One Pound, 4 January 1842, C/A 48827, single signature at bottom (BA 31). Good fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
One Pound, uniface proof on watermarked paper, pencilled 'Feb. 1886' at top left, V-section cut from bottom centre (cf. Pick A20/25). Small hole at upper left, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine £150-200
£150–£200
One Hundred Pounds [1985], A 074500, signature of D.J. Harrison (BA 126; Pick 68b). Uncirculated £250-300
Hammer Price: £340
Fifty Pounds, uniface black and white printer’s proof on paper, 5 April 2004 (cf. BA 139; Pick 82). About uncirculated £200-250
£200–£250
One Pound, proof on paper, fully printed on both sides, perforated cancelled twice (BB 46b; Pick –); together with a proof vignette of the bank arms [2]. Proof about uncirculated, vignette with light foxing, extremely fine £250-300
Ten Pounds, 6 July 1916, O 239, signature of J.P. Gorman (BB 53d; Pick A52). Pinholes, otherwise very fine or better £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,300
Fifty Pounds, proof on paper, perforated specimen c. skipper & east at lower right (BB 56; Pick -). Staining at top left corner, otherwise extremely fine £300-350
Fifty Pounds, 7 December 1917, A 9236, signature of R. MacDonald (BB 57b; Pick A54). A few nicks in top edge, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £3,300
Five Pounds, 6 January 1966, E/C 00090, signature of E. Williamson (BB 70; Pick 127c). Good very fine to extremely fine £60-80
Twenty Pounds, 3 February 1943, E 5388, signature of J.T.B. McFadden (BB 79; Pick 129c). Missing top left corner tip, numbers and a few marks on back, otherwise good very fine £90-120
Hammer Price: £130
One Hundred Pounds, 3 January 1923, A 4312, signature of G.B. Smyth (BB 87; Pick 131a). Good extremely fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £900
One Hundred Pounds, 16 March 1946, 01Z 017315, Brennan-McElligott signatures (LTN 32; MacDevitt E-130). Good extremely fine £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,700
The National Bank Ltd, Five Pounds, 8 May 1931, 02NK 055924, Brennan-Russell signatures (CAN 2; MacDevitt E-026). Very fine but lightly pressed £400-500
Hammer Price: £800
The Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, Ten Pounds, 2 October 1931, 01PT 032351, Brennan-Fforde signatures (CPB 7, this note illustrated; MacDevitt E-043). Good very fine £1,800-2,200
Hammer Price: £3,200
Thirty Shillings, Bank of Tipperary, uniface proof on card, c. 1835, stamped specimen twice (NA 2, this note illustrated; Pick –). Some glue residue on back and toned, otherwise good very fine, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £290
One Pound, 9 December 1844, no, 39052, Thurles, stamped cancelled thrice (NA 22; Pick –). Split and rejoined at centre, bottom right corner removed and missing part of left edge, otherwise good to very good, scarce £200-250
Twenty Pounds, 20 April 1871, uniface proof on paper, 73 branches in five lines, pencilled 'To this 28 Apl. 1871' at lower right (Pick –). Mount marks on back, otherwise extremely fine £150-200
One Hundred Pounds, 28 September 1871, uniface proof on paper, 73 branches in five lines, 'Branches & date to this October 4th 1871' pencilled at bottom (Pick –). Some mirror image print at top, a few marks and two mount marks on back, otherwise about extremely fine £250-300
Hammer Price: £170
One Pound, 2 January 1882, no. 39093, signature of B. Evans, notation on back ‘A present from the Chairman, 17 April 1882’,; together with letter from the bank confirming delivery of this issued note rather than the ‘proof’ originally requested (NA 41; Pick –) [2]. Good very fine, extremely rare in this condition £3,500-4,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Ten Pounds, 10 February 1908, no. 93392, signature of B. Evans (NA 51; Pick –). About very fine, rare £1,800-2,200
One Pound, 18—, uniface proof on paper, stamped specimen at lower right, pencilled ‘Sept. 1875’ in lower margin, 44 branches (NR 20; Pick –). Good extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £120
One Pound, 1 January 1908, V 43353, signature of A. Dudgen, 53 branches including Elphin added below central panel on left side (Pick A68). Pinholes, otherwise good fine to about very fine £700-800
Hammer Price: £880
One Hundred Pounds, 1 January 1943, N-I/A 6992, signature of R.E. Craig (Pick 183). Small smudge on back, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine £400-500
One Pound, 15 September 1825, no. 35014, Limerick, stamped cancelled twice, many endorsements on back (PR1; Pick –). Split and rejoined at centre, pinholes, otherwise fine, rare £500-600
One Pound, 1 July 1842, no. 48334, Parsonstown, stamped cancelled on right side (PR 19, this note illustrated; Pick –). Split and rejoined at centre, a few small holes at top right and missing part of bottom right corner, otherwise fine £300-350
Hammer Price: £310
One Pound, 1 August 1844, no. 67741, Athlone, stamped cancelled on left side (PR 34; Pick –). Split and rejoined at centre, damaged edges and missing strip from left edge, otherwise good to very good £150-200
One Pound, Proof on card, Bandon, stamped specimen at lower right (PR 34; Pick –). Spots of foxing and paper residue on back, otherwise extremely fine £200-250
Hammer Price: £210
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