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About the Ploughman Notes
Posted: 24 Jan 2015 20:15
by Mac
Consolidated Bank Notes, colloquially known as
Ploughman banknotes were issued from 1929 to 1941 as a direct replacement for the notes in circulation of the commercial banks operating within the Irish Free State. They served as an interim measure to wind up the banks' note issues as the A Series (Lavery) notes were brought int circulation. The
Currency Commission Ireland was the overall Issuing Authority for both the Lavery notes and the Ploughman notes.
Ireland consolidated banknotes: all eight commercial banks in the state issued the Ploughman notes.
Ten Pound Ploughman note Bank of Ireland
Ploughman Ten Pound bank note Hibernian Bank
10 Pound Ploughman note Munster and Leinster Bank
Ploughman 10 Pound note National Bank
Northern Bank Ploughman Ten Pound note
Ploughman Ten Pound note Provincial Bank of Ireland
Ploughman Ten Pound note Royal Bank of Ireland
Ten Pound Ulster Bank Ploughman bank note
Reverses
Posted: 24 Jan 2015 20:16
by Mac
The reverse of the Ploughman Ten Pound has the then Currency Commission building, in Foster Place, Dublin, just off College Green.
Ploughman One Pound reverse features the Customs House, Dublin.
Ploughman five Pound reverse features the bridge over the River Lee, Cork city.
Ploughman Twenty Pound reverse features the Rock of Cashel, Co. Tiperary.
Ploughman Fifty Pound reverse features Croagh Patrick mountain, Co. Mayo.
Ploughman One Hundred Pound reverse features Killiney Bay, Co. Dublin.
TDLR Ploughman 20 Pounds
Posted: 24 Jan 2015 20:17
by Mac
A De La Rue printer's Specimen Ploughman £20, printed on non-watermarked paper. It was probably printed in the 1930s as an example of the company's work. It was in a book of specimens of TDLR banknotes. There's a few sets of these around. Nice.
Ploughman 20 Pound note
Ploughman Proof
Posted: 24 Jan 2015 20:17
by Mac
A pre-production proof Ploughman hundred Pound note in blue, probably printed sometime before 1929.
Proof Ploughman 100 Pound note
Edit: Other proofs are in the
Ploughman Specimen section of the main web site.
Re: About the Ploughman Notes
Posted: 27 Jan 2015 19:37
by DOC
Those non-standard colour specimens are interesting. I wonder how many colour variants exist for the various denominations? I attach a blue £1 specimen with nice eye appeal that was offered recently at a public auction.
Re: About the Ploughman Notes
Posted: 27 Jan 2015 20:17
by Mac
This is a very nice note.
As far as I know, all the denominations were tested with all the colour combinations.
I believe that the
TDLR Ploughman specimens were only done in the colours that we've seen them in.
I must add this Pound to the website. Got a scan of the reverse too by any chance?
Re: About the Ploughman Notes
Posted: 28 Jan 2015 20:25
by DOC
Interesting to hear that there may be other colour variations. Unfortunately, I do not have a scan of the reverse. Someone out there may be able to provide one !
TDLR blue Ploughman pound reverse
Posted: 28 Jan 2015 22:15
by Mac
Found it! The reverse of the blue Ploughman Pound is an interesting variation on the usual green.
Re: About the Ploughman Notes
Posted: 13 Mar 2015 10:23
by Mac
The highest number recorded for the Munster & Leinster £5 note. 04MK prefix. This note was part of the Extraordinary issue.
Munster and Leinster Bank Plowman 5 Pounds.
Ploughman 50
Posted: 20 Mar 2015 14:10
by Mac
A Currency Commission Specimen Ploughman 50 Pound, produced at the time of first print run, ca 1929. Same colours as on the standard issue note.
Ploughman fifty Pound note
Re: About the Ploughman Notes
Posted: 10 May 2015 14:27
by Mac
Ploughman 100 Pound note specimen, in the colours of the standard issue notes. The full set of Plowman specimen set is on the
Currency Commission Consolidated notes section in the main web site.
Ploughman One hundred Pound note, 1929