Banknotes issued by Irish Private Banks ca1700–ca1833
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by ThePloughman » 02 May 2018 17:14
Here's another strange denomination!
A Ross Bank 9 Shilling note. Date looks like 23 Jan 1800.

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by DOC » 03 May 2018 22:33
The 9 shilling denomination was also know as a 'Silver' note. The Ross Bank had two registered partners, George Roe and his brother Peter. This one is signed by Peter Roe.
I attach a later example of a 4 Guinea note from this bank. This denomination is readily available to collectors as a hoard of partly issued and non-issued notes was discovered some time ago. The attached note is a fully issued example from 1814.
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by Mac » 04 May 2018 17:27
I have seen very few fully issued examples of these notes. That's quite a nice one.
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by DOC » 17 May 2018 19:43
The 3 Guinea note appears to be scarcer than the 4 Guinea note. Here is a partially issued example without signature.
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by Mac » 18 May 2018 19:23
I can't recall seeing a 3 Guinea note before!
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by DOC » 22 May 2018 20:52
Here is a fully issued 1 Guinea note signed by Peter Roe. Few examples survive.
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by ThePloughman » 31 May 2018 22:57
I figure 3 and 4 Guineas are scarcer denominations. Are there other odd notes, 5 or 6 Guineas perhaps?
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by DOC » 02 Jun 2018 12:16
For this bank, the lower denominations are much scarcer. The primary reason for this is that a hoard of partly issues 4 guinea notes turned up some time ago. I have not seen a 5 or 6 Guinea note from this bank but it is possible they were issued. The only other recorded denomination is for 30 Shillings (scan attached).
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by ThePloughman » 18 Jun 2018 01:46
I guess that as many of these banks went broke without paying their notes up, there are potentially a lot of unpaid notes hanging around for us collectors.
How often do hoards turn up, any new material recently?
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by DOC » 19 Jun 2018 18:57
Irish Private Bank notes are generally quite scarce. Hoards are few and far between ! Not much material has turned up in recent years. The most recent old note hoard that I can recall (not a Private Bank) was a group of cancelled Hibernian Joint Stock Bank notes from the 1820's. Some of these are posted on the Forum. I would be curious to know if anyone can remember how the large group of Ffrenchs' Bank notes (Dublin & Tuam) originally came to market.
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by Mac » 22 Jun 2018 09:06
Yes, the Hibernian Token notes which turned up were the first issued examples I had seen. I had recorded only the odd proof before that.