William Tennent & Co. Belfast Commercial Bank. 1809-1827

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William Tennent & Co. Belfast Commercial Bank. 1809-1827

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The Belfast Commercial Bank was established on the 1st June 1809. The original partners were William Tennent, Robert Callwell, Robert Bradshaw, John Cunningham, John Thompson and John Stewart. The Bank went through a number of partnership changes before merging with the Belfast Bank of Narcissus Batt & Co. (formerly David Gordon & Co.) in 1827 to form The Belfast Banking Company.

Here is a £1 note from the first partnership. An interesting feature is reference to payment at Messrs. Croker, Darling & Co. This agent was based at the time in Townsend Street, Dublin.
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Here is an example of an unissued Belfast Commercial Bank 35 shillings note. The partnership listed was in place for the years 1824-1827. However, as the note is in Irish Currency, it was probably printed prior to 1826.
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Here is a Belfast Commercial Bank £1 note with partners William Tennant, Robert Callwell, James Luke and John Thompson. This unissued note states the equivalent of £1 British in Irish Currency which implies that the note was printed between 1825 and 1827.
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Here is a Belfast Commercial Bank 25 Shillings note with partners William Tennant, Robert Callwell, James Luke and John Thompson. As the denomination is for 25 Shillings British, it implies that the note was printed between 1825 and 1827.
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Here is a Belfast Commercial Bank £20 note with partners William Tennant, Robert Callwell, James Luke and John Thompson. This unissued note states the equivalent of £20 British in Irish Currency (£21. 13s. 4d.) which implies that the note was printed between 1825 and 1827. This is the highest denomination confirmed to date for this bank.
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A One Guinea note of the Belfast commercial Bank, second Series.
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Here is an unissued 1 Guinea note of the Belfast Commercial Bank with William Tennent as lead partner dating from 1824-1827. There is an issued example of this note bearing the date, 3rd March 1825, on the Irishpapermoney website.
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Re: William Tennent & Co. Belfast Commercial Bank. 1809-1827

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Nice to see a complete specimen of the design in super grade. Examples from this bank do not often come up.
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