Highest number Ploughman £1 notes issued

[Mac]

The Central Bank of Ireland Archive contains various data on the Ploughman notes, including a note of the last £1 notes issued into circulation for each Bank.

Bank of Ireland: 3.7.39, BB09 035000
Hibernian: 5.8.39, HA24 025000
Munster & Leinster: 10.10.39 MA44 028000
National: 2.9.39 NA45 004111
Northern: 7.1.31 EA04 079000
Provincial: 4.11.39 PA24 010000
Royal: 6.9.39 RA28 027000
Ulster: 4.12.39 UA12 049081

[ThePloughman]

Seems odd that the National and Ulster stop on an uneven number, you'd figure they'd issue a full packet at a time.
It might be interesting to see what are the highest number surviving examples, maybe from your survey.

[Mac]

Good idea—I will post the highest numbers seen.

[Mac]

Highest numbers recorded for each Bank.

BB09 031623
HA24 018797
MA44 021573
NA44 099713
EA04 076393
PA24 008190
RA28 023717
UA12 043237

There is an exception for the Munster & Leinster, where some unissued £1 notes dated 6.2.40 were retained by the Central Bank, the highest numbered being 50MA 100000.

EDIT: Munster & Leinster info error corrected.