Here is an example of the £1 note with Ambrose Ussher Congreve as lead partner. The serial number is lower than the other example posted where he is crossed out as partner.
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Waterford Bank Congrieve & Co. 1 Pound 2nd Nov. 1809.jpg (110.21 KiB) Viewed 14676 times
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The usage of notes with a partner crossed out is interesting. A sort of overprint to make the notes usable after circumstances changed. It could be regardedas a variety.
Interesting to note that there is another variant for the £1 notes with the partners initials missing below the vignette to the left. The section for the date bottom left is also missing. This may be an early specimen.
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Waterford Bank Congrieve & Co. 1 Pound Unissued ca. 1806-1807.jpg (30.84 KiB) Viewed 14675 times
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The notes of this bank have attractively designed vignettes. The vignette of the £1 note is attached and shown in more detail. There are a number of elements including the Waterford Coat of Arms and City Motto, ‘Urbs Intacta Manet Waterfordia’. This translates as ‘Waterford remains the untaken city’, a motto granted to the city by King Henry VII. (https ://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterford).
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Roberts & Co. 1 Pound Vignette ca. 1807-1810.jpg (82.14 KiB) Viewed 14543 times
There were a lot of design variations on the notes of Roberts' and Congreve's Waterford Bank!
I have identified 8 varieties by design so far:
A1. 1807. £1
A2. 1809. £1. Ambrose Usher Congreve crossed out
B. 1809. Initials under vignette changed. £1 (Proof known with initials missing)
C. 1809. Modern £ symbol on top right. £1
D. 1809. 30s Initials on logo.
E. 1809. Logo symbol centered on top. Initials on shield of logo. 1G.
F. 1809. Logo symbol on left. Initials on block under logo. £3.
G. Proof. New vignette design with ship in background 2G. Initials above vignette.
H. Proof. New vignette design with ship silhouette in background £5. Initials under vignette.
The last two, G and H have been seen only as proofs — 2 Guineas pictured below and £5 note pictured in a previous post — and may have been working design alternatives.
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Kenny and Turner (2019) have found evidence that the bank failed in 1811 rather than in 1809 as had previously been thought. No notes dated after 1809 have been seen to my knowledge.
Two partnerships:
1806. Ambrose Usher Congreve, Samuel Roberts, John Roberts, Ambrose Congreve.
1809. Samuel Roberts, John Roberts, Ambrose Congreve.
Interestingly, the prominent watermark CONGREVE on the bottom of the notes continues to be used on all notes seen after Samuel Roberts takes over as lead partner.