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Sold between 28 October & 12 March 2020

3 parts

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Charity Sale from the Archive of the AIB (formerly First Trust Bank)

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Lot

№ 595

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28 October 2020

Hammer Price:
£8,000

First Trust Bank, a booklet containing an official De Le Rue proposal for a polymer £10 ‘2017 New Series’, featuring two completely different proposed designs: Version One and Two, a detailed list of all the security features and an image of the note with annotations identifying all these security features, three feature pages with details of the UV view, Neomag, Sicptalk and Iridescent View, the layout of the polymer and its features: location of clear window, magnetic thread, iridescence and mask, the final page in the booklet shows the obverse and reverse for the proposed Version Two design printed on transparent plastic to simulate polymer, nine pages printed on De La rue headed paper in plastic folder, neither of the proposed notes were adopted and in 2019 the Bank ceased issuing notes, an incredibly fascinating lot, quite possibly unique! £400-£600