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Spring Stamp & Coin Fair
Date: 10 April, 2016
11.00 am – 17.00 pm
Place: RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland.
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DNW are certainly getting the best in Irish notes these days, though Whytes in Dublin are worth keeping an eye on also.

Fonsie Mealy Centenary Sale
Saturday 23 April 2016. An auction of Independence era collectibles, including three Limerick Soviet notes.


Fonsie Mealy have rather a good a auction of Irish historical items related to the Independence era, "The Centenary Sale" on 23rd April. The sale includes three Limerick Soviet notes, one of each denomination issued. Lot 371.

These notes are interesting, in that the 5/- and 10/- are each numbered 1, the first notes of the issue.
The 1/- note is a later unumbered note.

The 5/- and 10/- notes are signed on reverse by Thomas Johnson, Leader of the Irish Labour Party from 1917 to 1927.
They are together with an original "Defence of the Realm - Local Pass," for the Special Military Area of Limerick, signed, stamped, and dated 25th April.

There are also some Fenian bonds in the sale, including a rare 500 dollar bond, though in very low grade.
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Whytes have some interesting Irish banknotes in their Eclectic Collector auction on 14 May 2016.

There are a few old notes, 72 Ploughman notes, and a selection of Lavery notes, including two 1928 £100 notes in low grade.

The most significant item is Lot 325, a pleasing Fine, and a nice example of a very rare banknote. Dated 10.1.44, this note will fetch rather more than its conservative estimate of 4,000–5,000 Euro.

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Central Bank of Ireland 20 Pounds war code 1944.

There are 72 Ploughman notes in various grades, including Lot 306, a Provincial Bank of Ireland £10 note, dated 17.7.39, with Kennedy signature. This is one of the rarest signature varieties for the Ploughman series, and is estimated at 1,200–1,500. It will likely fetch around double this figure.

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Provincial Bank of Ireland Ploughman 17.7.39. Kennedy signature.

Lot 230 is a Provincial Bank of Ireland ledger of approximately cancelled 400 half-notes. An interesting item for research purposes.


Also up in the sale is Lot 197, one of the 1995 20 pence test pieces.

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These two notes each did very well. £10 Ploughman fetched 10,500 plus fees; £20 1944 fetched 9,500 plus fees.
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Dublin Coin Auctions have regular sales of Irish banknotes, coins and medals as well as other related items.

The next auction is 25th June, 2016.
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Heritage Auctions
Thursday 8 September 2016. An auction of world Banknotes, including some interesting Irish notes.



Heritage auctions have a significant group of Ploughman notes, as well as other Irish notes in their upcoming sale on September 8th 2016.

It is unusual for a US-based auction to have a large offering of Ploughman notes.

Among the lots, there is a nice VF grade Northern Bank £10 note, estimated conservatively at 25,000–35,000 USD. This is the nicest Northern £10 that I have yet seen. There are two about vf notes recorded in PSS, the rest are low grade notes. It will be interesting to see what this note fetches.

Also being offered are four Northern £5 notes and 24 Hibernian Bank£5 notes, almost all of which are in the vf to ef region.
The appearance of so many £5 notes of one bank together will likely be reflected in weak prices realised—a good opportunity to pick up a decent fiver or two.

All of the notes are in PMG grading packets, some of them being overgraded imho.
Some of the estimates are too high for the fivers.

There are four Ploughman £10 notes, the best of which is the Northern Bank. Munster & Leinster, Hibernian, and Ulster are the other banks. DNW have a much nicer Hibernian £10 note in their upcoming auction.

Undoubtedly, the attention will be on the Northern £10, a nice example of a rare note. I remember when there were only three of these recorded, back around 1995.

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There is a range of other Irish notes in the sale also, including some early northern Ireland notes.

EDIT: The note sold for $32,900 including fees.
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Whytes 'The Eclectic Collector' auction
January 21, 2017. A selection of Ploughman notes, some Lavery notes, and some seldom seen Hibernian Bank tokens.


Whytes, Dublin have an Eclectic Collector sale on January 21 2017. The sale has a scattering of Lavery and Ploughman notes (15 x £1) in it, which are all new to PSS.

Of more interest are a group of Hibernian Bank tokens, issued in 1827. These are rarely seen as issued notes, with only proofs and specimens generally being offered.

There are also some Fenian and De Valera bonds on offer, some with additional documentation.
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DNW Banknotes Auction
Monday 24 April 2017. An auction of Banknotes, including some Irish notes.


DNW have a decent range of Ploughman notes in their upcoming auction, with a spread of notes from seven of the eight banks, including a Northern £1 and £5. Also in the sale are a few De La Rue Ploughman Specimen notes, including a £20 and £100.

There is also a range of Lavery notes covering all eras of the series.



The catalogue is available for download from the dnw website.
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Whytes 'The Eclectic Collector' auction
May 5, 2017. A range Ploughman notes, including a few rarer issues.


There is a good range of Ploughman notes up in the latest Whyte’s auction, around a hundred. Almost all of these notes are new to the PSS database. Whyte’s continue to unearth new material for their auctions. The scarcer banks are well represented with several notes from Northern, Ulster and Royal. this includes a Northern Knox £5.

There are also some more cancelled issued Hibernian Tokens.

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Lot 402: The Hibernian Bank token, One Pound, 10 July 1826.
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DNW Auction of Irish Ten Shilling Notes
September 25, 2017. Part 1 of the Anthony Lenny date collection of 10 Shilling notes.


The sale features part of the collection in 79 Lots. There are a lot of very nice grade Irish Free State notes, and ETO war code notes. An exceptional collection, in terms of the overal grade of the notes, and the scope it covers.
It is a while since such a nice offering of Irish 10 Shilling notes has been made in auction.
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Whyte's The Eclectic Collector Auction
3 February 2018


The sale includes a section on Irish banknotes, with a decent selection of Ploughman notes which includes examples from all eight banks.
The catalogue is available for download from the Whyte's website, and the lots are viewable online.
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DNW Auction of Paper Money
April, 9, 2018. The sale features an important range of Irish banknotes, including Part 2 of the Anthony Lenny date collection of 10 Shilling Notes.


DNW, London have a nice offering of Irish notes in their April auction.

There are a lot of very nice grade Irish Free State notes, and ETO war code notes in this second part of the 10 Shilling note collection. It is an exceptional collection, in terms of the overall grade of the notes, and the scope it covers.
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DNW Auction of Paper Money
October, 1 & 2, 2018. British, Irish and World Banknotes


This sale features a broad range of Irish banknotes, including several very rare Notes.
The catalogue can be downloaded from the DNW website.

The highlight of the Irish banknote offerings is the Provincial Bank of Ireland £10 Ploughman note number 01PT 000001. This is a note of the highest rarity despite its lower grade. Lot 208. Estimated at £7,000-£9,000, it will be interesting to see what it fetches on the day.

A decent range of other Ploughman notes are also on offer, including a Northern Bank £1 note, dated 10.6.29 with Knox signature, one of the rarest issues of the series. Lot 205. Estimate: £2,800-£3,200.

In addition to the two rare Ploughman notes, there is a nice range of Lavery banknotes which include several £50 and £100 notes of Type 6 with Brennan McElligott signatures. The Fifty Pound notes of this signature combination are less commonly offered.

There is also an attractive partial proof of the Series B £20 note.


There are quite a few scarce notes on offer among the world notes also.
A highlight would be Lot 1002, South African Reserve Bank, £100, 8 September 1933, a very rare note with an estimate of £3,000-£4,000 in VG grade.

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DNW Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 28 March 2019. British and Irish Banknotes


This sale features 157 lots of Irish banknotes, covering a wide range of issues, and includies some very rare Notes.
The catalogue can be downloaded from the DNW website.

The highlight of the Irish banknote offerings is a nice grade War Code £20, Lot 398, the finest yet seen in an auction. Fresh original Very Fine.

There is also a good range of Ploughman notes on offer, including a decent example of a Northern Bank £1 note, Lot 369; Northern Bank £5 note, Lot 370; Royal Bank £10 note, Lot 372; and Ulster Bank £10 note, Lot 373.
Additionally, there are also a couple of rare Ploughman proofs on offer.

In addition, there is a nice range of Lavery banknotes which include a 1928 10 Shilling note, Lot 375; 1928 £50 note, Lot 384; and several £50 and £100 notes of Type 6 with Brennan McElligott signatures. The Fifty Pound notes of this signature combination are scarcer, and include a note from 1943.

There are also some attractive partial proofs of early Lavery notes, and a Ballykinlar £1 Token, Lot 299, a seldom offered item. The highlight of pre-partition notes is a nice National Bank £10 note, from 1908, Lot 318; and a 3 Guinea note, Carlow Bank, issued in 1811, Lot 286.

Altogether, a nicely rounded auction with something for everyone.

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Thursday 28 March 2019. British and Irish Banknotes.

Some great notes in this auction.
Nice to see some significant Irish rarities up for sale.
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Whytes 'The Eclectic Collector' auction
April 6, 2019 includes 80 Lots of Irish notes.


The 80 Lots in this sale comprise largely £20 notes.

By far the most interesting banknotes on offer are Lot 454, and Lot 455, a pair of war code £20 notes, rarely offered in any grade.

Although not graded, both notes are quite nice, Lot 454, dated 8.3.43 looks to be in the VF region; and Lot 455, dated 7.6.43 a bit lower grade.
Both dates have previously been recorded, though these two notes are new to the census. Both notes are a considerably better grade than the average seen for this type.

A nice pair of rare notes in decent grade.
It will be interesting to see what they fetch.

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There are a lot of £20 notes, both A Series 1976 and B Series 1981-1983 in nice grade, offered as small runs in sequence, as well as some earlier £20 notes, including a 1949 in low grade.

Additionally there is a good variety of other denominations 10/- through to £10 offered in mixed lots.

The auction catalogue can be viewed on Whytes website https://www.whytes.ie and downloaded as a pdf.
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DNW Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 12 September 2019. British and Irish Banknotes


This sale features 98 lots of Irish banknotes, covering a good range of issues, and includies some rare notes.
The catalogue can be downloaded from the DNW website.

The highlight of the Irish notes is a nice grade War Code £20, Lot 344, the finest yet seen in an auction. A fresh original VF.
This heads up a small selection of War code notes.
Also featured is a nice example of a Redmond signature £50 note, the rarest £50 note Type, Lot 350, as well as three nice grade Sterling £100 notes, from 1949 and 1959.

There is also a spread of Ploughman notes on offer, covering all eight banks, including a rare Knox signature £1 note, dated 10.6.29, Lot 325, which unfortunately suffers from being cleaned. Two Ploughman £10 notes feature, a National, and an Ulster, both in decent grade.
Additionally, a Ploughman £50 De la Rue Specimen adds to the line up.

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DNW Auction of Paper Money
Wednesday 26 February 2020. British and World Banknotes


This sale features 31 lots of Irish banknotes, with some nice Lavery notes, including some scarcer dates.
The catalogue can be downloaded from the DNW website.

The highlight of the Irish notes is a nice grade Redmond signature £100 note, 1954, in a scarce GVF grade, Lot 203, the finest yet seen in an auction. A fresh original VF.
This heads up a selection of £50 and £100 notes in nice grades.

There is also a selection of pre-Partition multibranch Joint Stock banknotes, from the Bank of Ireland, Ulster and Belfast Banks; as well as some Northern Ireland issues.


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DNW Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 12 March 2020. Irish Banknotes


It is unusual to see a sale dedicated exclusively to Irish banknotes, with lots of rare dates and issues on offer.
There should be something for everyone in this auction.

There is a good range of Lavery notes, Ploughman notes, and pre-partition notes of the Joint Stock banks on offer; as well as a range of Private bank issues. Also on offer are Northern Ireland notes, and a range of pre-production designs for the last series of Provincial Bank of Ireland, and later First Trust Bank notes.

There are some very rare notes on offer in this sale.

The catalogue can be downloaded from the DNW website.


The highlight of the sale is Lot 157: the 1933 Series A Lady Lavery £5 note, first recorded back in 1995, this is the only example known of the 1933 Lavery Five Pound note.

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Also among the Lavery section is Lot 167, a decent example of a 1943 war code £20 note.

Further war code offerings include a nice grade pair of £1 notes dated 29.10.43, one each with code Y and displaced code G; and a range of other war code notes covering all denominations.

10 Shilling notes are headed up by Lot 168 a 13.8.46, the better of two known examples of this rare date; a 1929 in VF
Two Lavery error notes, £10, 1976 and £5, 1974;
10.9.28 notes: 10 Shillings, £1, £5, £10, £20, all in decent grade.
Two £50 notes, 1943 and 1957, both in nice VF grade, and rare as such.

Several key dates feature, firsts and lasts, and rare dates are in the Lavery offerings.

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A broad selection of Ploughman notes covers proofs, Specimens, and notes of all eight banks, including three £10 notes; and two Northern £1 notes and a Knox £5 note.

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Highlights among the Ploughman notes include:
Lot 117, a blue £1 note TDLR printing sample.
Lot 121, a red £10 note TDLR printing sample, a very attractive item.
Lot 129, a decent grade £10 note, Munster & Leinster Bank.
Lot 138, a very nice example of a Northern Bank £1 note, at GVF, at the better end of what is available.
Lot 140, a Knox signature Northern £5 note.
And some nice grade £1 notes.



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A small section of superior Series B and Series C replacement notes are on offer, including a sequential pair of KKK £50 notes (Lot192, and 193) in UNC,
and £20 replacement note EEE 000007, the first time such a note with number below 000010 has been offered.



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The selection of pre-Partition Joint Stock banknotes covers all the banks, most notably the Bank of Ireland, Northern, Ulster and Belfast Banks; as well as some Northern Ireland issues.

The highlight of this section is Lot 20, a nice example of a Bank of Ireland £20 note. Also on offer are two 1929 £20 Bank of Ireland notes, a scarce low printage issue.

Lot 45, a National Bank £5 note, dated 6.5.29, VF without problems, a nice example of a rare note, should also do well.

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At the the of the sale is the section of pre-production designs from the AIB archives, being sold for charity.
They include uncut sheets, and partial and complete proofs. There are ome interesting items from a design point of view to be found here.

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That is an impressive line up of Irish notes. I am looking forward to this auction with great interest :)
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Mullens. The Collector's Cabinet
Saturday 28 March 2020. Collectibles sale with a good selection of Irish Banknotes


NOTE: this auction has been postponed due to the CORONA outbreak
This sale includes 69 Lots of Irish banknotes, followed by some world notes.

The Irish notes section includes some Ploughman notes, including a Bank of Ireland £10 note, estimated at €1200-1500.
There is a scattering of Lavery notes also, with a decent selection of later 1970s £20, £50 and £100 notes.
A good range of B Series £50 notes heads up a nice collection of B Series with a good range of dates on offer.


The catalogue can be viewed from the Mullens website.
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