Ross Bank 1800

[ThePloughman]

Here's another strange denomination!

A Ross Bank 9 Shilling note. Date looks like 23 Jan 1800.

[DOC]

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.

[Mac]

I have seen very few fully issued examples of these notes. That's quite a nice one.

[DOC]

The 3 Guinea note appears to be scarcer than the 4 Guinea note. Here is a partially issued example without signature.

[Mac]

I can't recall seeing a 3 Guinea note before!

[DOC]

Here is a fully issued 1 Guinea note signed by Peter Roe. Few examples survive.

[ThePloughman]

I figure 3 and 4 Guineas are scarcer denominations. Are there other odd notes, 5 or 6 Guineas perhaps?

[DOC]

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).

[ThePloughman]

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?

[DOC]

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.

[Mac]

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.