Prices realised for Irish notes • Is that how much it's worth!?

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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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