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Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
24 & 25 November 2022. Banknotes


Some of the results for the Irish notes are listed following.

Lot 214. Arran Hill, unissued £1 and 2 Shillings and 9 Pence, 18- (ca 1804). £500.
Lot 221. Mallow Bank, De la Cour, Galwey, unissued 1 Shilling and 1 penny (13 pence). £500.

Lot 228. Bank of Ireland, £5, 12 December 1905. £3,000. A solid result for a scarcer Bank of Ireland £5 note.
Lot 238. National Bank, £3, 3 December 1891. £7,000.
Lot 239. National Bank, £5, 5 November 1919. £4,600.
Lot 243. Northern Banking Company, £1, 1 August 1866. £8,5000.
Lot 263. Provincial Bank of Ireland, £3, 3 October 1905. £4,000.
Lot 264. Provincial Bank of Ireland, £1, 1 July 1921. £600.
Lot 305. Ulster Banking Company, £1, January 1861. £8,000.
Lot 307. Ulster Bank Ltd., £5, 1 August 1894. £1,800.


Lot. 321. Munster & Leinster Bank £10, 6.5.29, a decent VF. £3,200. A high price for this note.
Lot. 331. Royal Bank of Ireland £10, 6.5.29, About EF. £9,500.
This note is from a run of at least four in sequence, recorded in the Ploughman Scan Survey.
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Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
1 & 2 March 2023. Banknotes


There was a nice selection of Irish notes in this sale, with good prices being realised for higher grade items, and one notable unsold.
The Irish notes were in two sections, first from the Bruce Smart collection.

Some superb results were had for higher grade Ploughman notes. These prices will no doubt be tested again in the future.

Lot 61. Bank of Ireland, £1, 9 February 1939,graded AU 53. £1,600.
Lot 62. Hibernian Bank, £1, 4 May 1939, graded UNC 64. £3,000.
Lot 64. Munster & Leinster Bank, £1, 4 May 1937, graded AU 58. £2,600.
Lot 67. Northern Bank, £1, 7 January 1931, serial number, graded VF 35. £3,200.
Lot 69. Provincial Bank, £10, 2 October 1931, serial number, graded UNC 63. £11,000.

Lot 75. £100 1959, AU 55, £1,500.
Lot 78. £100 1973, UNC 66, £2,800.
Lot 79. £100 1975, UNC 64, £900.
Lot 82. £50 1977, UNC 66, £2,400.


Later lots from the general sale.

Lot 403. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, specimen £20. Unsold at Est. £15,000.
This suggests a resetting of the prices for these notes.

Lot 404. Currency Commission, Northern Bank Ltd, £1, 7 January 1931, VG. £900.
Lot 418. Central Bank of Ireland, £20, 17 May 1951, AU. £1,500. A good solid result for this example, from a known sequential run of notes.

Lot 420. Central Bank of Ireland, £50, 27 November 1947, EF. £3,200. A very good result.
Lot 430. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977. PMG holder 66 EPQ. £3,200. Double the higher pre-sale estimate. A very strong result, reflecting a trend of high prices for high grade Lavery Series A notes.

Lot 443. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22 August 1996, PMG holder 66 EPQ. £900, another strong result for a 66-graded note.


It is interesting to compare the results for Lot 79 [£100 1975, UNC 64, £900], and Lot 430 [£100, 4 April 1977. PMG holder 66 EPQ. £3,200].
The 1975 note is scarcer in any given grade. The results therefore are all about the grade difference between 64 and 66 EPQ.
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A review of some prices realised in recent auctions.
There was a broad range of Irish banknotes on offer during 2023, with many items selling well.
Generally, the demand remained strong for Irish notes in all grades.


Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
31 May & 1 June 2023. Banknotes


Irish private banks
Lot 201. Gibbons & Williams, Dublin, unissued £5, 1 September 1833. Est £400-£500. Price realised £400.
This note has ‘Johnston & Co.’ inscribed in the signature panel, and might have been issued by the London agents of the bank. Johnston & Co., London acted as agents for some of the Irish banks at the time.
Lot 203. Hannyingtons Bank, for Thomas Hannyington, 1 Guinea (1 Pound, 2 Shillings and 9 Pence), 9 October 1812. Est. £300-£400. Price realised £280.

Irish joint stock banks
Lot 254. Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £20, 6 May 1929. Est. £1,200-£1,800. Price realised £1,200.

Limerick Soviet
These three examples are all in nice grade. They realised record prices, reflecting a continued strong demand for these notes.
Lot 278. Limerick ‘Soviet’ Trades & Labour Council, 1 Shilling, April 1919, serial number 185. AU. Est. £2,000-£2,600. Price realised £4,000.
Lot 279. Limerick ‘Soviet’ Trades & Labour Council, 5 Shillings, April 1919, serial number 117. GEF. Est. £2,000-£2,600. Price realised £4,200.
Lot 280. Limerick ‘Soviet’ Trades & Labour Council, 10 Shillings, April 1919, no serial number. VF. Est. £2,000-£2,600. Price realised £2,800.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
Lot 311. Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £10, 2 October 1931. Nice GVF. Est £1,800-£2,400. Price realised £3,000.
Lot 312. Currency Commission, Northern Bank Ltd, £1, 7 January 1931. fine. Est £800-£1,200. Price realised £750.
Lot 319. Currency Commission, Royal Bank of Ireland, £5, 8 May 1931. About VF. Est £1,200-£1,600. Price realised £2,200.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 339. Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £50, McElligott and Whitaker signatures. AEF. Est £800-£1,000. Price realised £1,400.
Lot 340. Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £100, McElligott and Whitaker signatures. Est £800-£1,000. Price realised £1,000.

Some Lots to watch:
Lot 205. Bank of Ireland, £1, 23 October 1916. Good Fine overall. Est £200-£260 Price realised £360. A very solid price for a presentable lower grade example.
Lot 235. The National Bank Limited, £10, 1 February 1937. gVF-aEF. Est £400-£500. Price realised £400.
Lot 237. The National Bank Limited, £20, 1 January 1949. gVF. Est £400-£500. Unsold.
Lot 349. Central Bank of Ireland, £5, 5 September 1975. UNC. Est £260-£300. Price realised £220.



Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
27 July 2023. British and Irish Banknotes


Irish joint stock banks
Lot 223. Bank of Ireland, £1, 29 October 1881. Est. £3,000-£4,000. Attractive Fine. Price realised £3,200.
A nice example of a Craig signature note with 4 lines of branches in sans-serif type.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
Lot 268. Currency Commission, Hibernian Bank, £1, 10 April 1939. GVF. Est £300-£400. Price realised £380.
Lot 270. Currency Commission, Hibernian Bank, £10, 2 October 1931. fine with minor ink marks. Est £1,200-£1,600. Price realised £2,000.
Lot 272. Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £1,3 January 1936. Nice GVF-EF. Est £240-£300. Price realised £340.
Lot 273. Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £5, 15.3.33. Nice AEF. Est £1,000-£1,500. Price realised £800. A weak result for this banknote.
Lot 279. Currency Commission, Ulster Bank, £10, 9 August 1939. GVF. Est £3,000-£4,000. Price realised £6,000.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 281. Currency Commission Ireland,£5, 9 March 1939. GVF. Est £200-£260. Price realised £150.
Lot 284. Currency Commission Ireland, £1, 8 January 1942, About EF. Est £180-£220. Price realised £280.
Lot 287. Currency Commission Ireland, £5, 5 June 1942. Original VF. Est £200-£260. Price realised £220.

Lot 306. Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £50, Whitaker and
Murray signatures. Est £1,000-£1,400. A less common specimen with ‘Specimen’ perforated rather than printed.
Lot 308. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 10 April 1975. Est £600-£800. GEF. A nice example which should sell well.
Lot 311. Central Bank of Ireland, £10 replacement note, 10 February 1975. Est £150-£240. GEF-AU. Price realised £260.

Some Lots to watch
Lot 316 and Lot 317. Central Bank of Ireland, £50, 4 April 1977.
Two notes in sequence. Both notes are graded PMG 64 EPQ, and estimated at £1,200-£1,600. Both unsold.

Lot 318, Lot 319 and Lot 320. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977.
Three £100 notes in sequence, the first EF (Est £400-£500), the subsequent two GVF (Est £300-£400 each).
Prices realised: Lot 318, £300; Lot 319, £240; Lot 320, unsold.



Spink Auction of World Banknotes
Tuesday 26 September 2023


Lot 136, £1 National Bank Limited (undated, 1929-1934). Graded 53, with mould damage. Est £3,000-£5,000. This estimate is very optimistic, considering that a £10 (a much rarer note) specimen dated 1929, graded 64 was sold for £1,300 plus fees in Spink’s sale 29 Sept 2022.
Lot 140, £1 National Bank Limited 1 September 1926. Graded 62 Net, but with mould damage. Est £800-£1,200. Unsold.
Lot 141, National Bank Limited £50 25 November 1920. Graded 62, but with mould damage. Est £1,500-£2,500. Price realised £2,200.
Lot 142, National Bank Limited £100 30 November 1920. Graded 58, with mould damage. Est £2,500-£3,500. Price realised £2,400.
Although the notes in Lot 141 and 142 were likely issued in small quantities, no surviving examples are known.
Lot 167, £10 National Bank Limited 10th May 1927. Graded 62, also with mould damage. Est £1,000-£1,500. Price realised £1,700.



Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
12 October 2023. British and Irish Banknotes


Irish private banks
Lot 220. Shaws Bank, £10, 13 January 1836. Est £700-£900. Fine. Price realised £650.
Lot 222. Cork Bank, for Charles Henry Leslie & John Leslie, £1, 24 October 1825. Est £260-£360. Fine. Price realised £220.
Lot 224. Mallow Bank, for Robert de la Cour and Richard Jonson Cuthbert, 30 Shillings, 2 June 1820. Est £600-£800. VG-Fine. Unsold.

Irish joint stock banks
Lot 252. The National Bank Limited, £10, 10 December 1918. Est. £1,500-£2,000. Overall Fine. Price realised £3,000.
Lot 254. National Bank Limited, £5, 5th October 1925. Est. £4,000-£5,000. Price realised £4,600.
Lot 255. National Bank Limited, watermarked paper as used on the 1929 to 1934 issue including the £1, £5, £10 and £20, glued into blue card frame with ink annotation, as produced, the only example of this watermark in the Portals archive, Est £100-£150. Price realised £90.
Lot 275. Provincial Bank of Ireland, £1, fraudulently altered to £10, Clonmel, 1 December 1828. Est £200-£300. Price realised £280.
Lot 285. Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, obverse and reverse steel printing plates for £20, type of 1929. Est £150-£200. Price realised £120.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
The section on Ploughman notes opens with specimens of watermarked paper for the three lower denominations.
Lot 315. Currency Commission, Ploughman Series, watermarked papers as used on the £1, £5 and £10, issued from 1929 to 1940, including the coloured fibres found on the issued notes, all in blue card frames, with ink annotations. Est £300-£400. Price realised £320.
Lot 318. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, £1, 3 July 1939, mulberry serial number. EF45 EPQ. Est £1,000-£1,500. Unsold.
Lot 319. Currency Commission, Hibernian Bank, £1, 5 August 1939, mulberry serial number. VF40. Est £600-£800. Price realised £800.
Lot 330. Currency Commission, Ulster Bank, £1, 9 July 1934. Good Fine. Est £180-£240. Price realised £300.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 331. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, 10 Shillings, 23 October 1928. AU. Est £800-£1,000. Well better than average grade for this note. A nice example with good eye appeal. Price realised £2,400.
Lot 332. Currency Commission/Central Bank of Ireland, Lady Lavery Series, watermarked paper featuring the head of Erin, as used on 10 Shillings, £1, £5 and £10 from 1928 until 1977. Est £400-£500. Price realised £480.
Lot 344. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977. UNC65 EPQ. Est £1,500-£2,000. Price realised £1,500.
Lots 345 and 346 are sequential GEF examples of Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977. Est £300-£400 each. Prices realised: Lot 345, £340; Lot 346, £360..
Lot 351. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22 August 1996. UNC67 EPQ. Est £1,000-£1,500. Price realised £900. A result consistent with other examples of this note graded UNC67.



Spink Auction of World Banknotes
4 October, 2023


Lot 1347. Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, £4, Belfast, 18-- (1820-24). Est £120-£180. Price realised £550.
Lot 1348. Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, £20, Belfast, 18-- (1820-24). Est £120-£180. Price realised £520.
Lot 1349. Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, 25 Shillings, Belfast, 182- (1824). Est £120-£180. Price realised £480.
Lot 1372. The Southern Bank of Ireland, Cork £10, 18--, no serial number, Series L. Est £180-£200. Price realised £950.
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Whyte's History Sale
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Also in the sale are some Ballykinlar tokens.
Lot 90. 1920-1923 Ballykinlar Camp tokens for use by Republican internees. 7 tokens.
A very rare complete set of these tokens - penny, threepence, sixpence, shilling, five shillings, ten shillings and one pound. They were designed and printed by O’Loughlin Murphy & Boland Ltd., Dublin.
Est 1,500-2,000 Euro. Price realised 3,200 Euro.

Lot 277a. Currency Commission 'Ploughman' Bank of Ireland Ten Pounds, 6-5-29. VG. Est 1,200-1,500 Euro. Price realised 2,200 Euro.
Lot 279. Central Bank ‘Lady Lavery’ One Hundred Pounds, 4-4-77, a rare sequential pair. About EF. Est 500-700 Euro. Price realised 2,000 Euro.
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