Ulster Bank 1929 - Continuing

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The Ulster Bank introduced a new series of notes in 1966 with completely new designs depicting agriculture, industry and tourism. Notes for £1, £5, £10 were issued in 1966 bearing the signature of J.J.A. Leitch while a £20 denomination was issued in 1970.

There is an interesting variety of notes available to collectors from this issue, including standard issued notes, specimen notes, colour trials and stage proofs. Here is an example of a £1 issued note and a rare unadopted £1 trial design having a logo with a red hand and shamrock.

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The red hand on shamrock is a very interesting design.

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Here is an example of a £1 colour trial in red from 1966 with the J.J.A. Leitch signature. This colour was not used for issued £1 notes.

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Here is an example of a £5 standard issue note and a specimen note from 1966 with the J.J.A. Leitch signature. The issued example was sold at Noonan’s in May 2023.

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This Ulster Bank Limited £5 colour trial dated 4th October 1966 with the signature J.J.A. Leitch was sold at Noonans in May 2023. This colour was not adopted for issued £5 notes.

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Here is an example of a £10 standard issue note and a specimen note from 1966 with the J.J.A. Leitch signature. These notes were sold at Noonans in May 2022.

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This £10 colour trial from 1966 with the J.J.A. Leitch signature was sold at Noonans in May 2023. The red colour was not adopted for £10 notes but subsequently used for £100 notes.

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A £20 note with the J.J.A. Leitch signature was introduced in 1970. The issued example illustrated was sold at Noonan’s in July 2023 at a hammer price of £1,000. This is a scarce note and examples in high grade command strong prices.

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Leitch signature notes are seldom offered. This example is quite nice, better than average.

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Here is an example of an Ulster Bank £20 specimen note from 1970 with the J.J.A. Leitch signature. The note was sold at Noonan’s British and Irish Banknotes Auction in October 2024. The specimen note is not as valuable as the comparable issued note.

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Here is an example of an Ulster Bank £20 colour trial specimen note from 1970 with the J.J.A. Leitch signature. This scarce note is seldom offered for sale.

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Ulster Bank introduced £1, £5 and £10 notes of reduced size in 1971 with the signature A.E.G. Brain. A £20 note was also issued with the larger size maintained. These notes are scarce in high grade.

Here is an example of a £1 dated 15th February 1971 with the A.E.G. Brain signature. This note was sold at Noonans, British and Irish Banknote Auction, in October 2024.

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Specimen £1 notes with the A.E.G. Brain signature are also known. This note was sold at Noonans, British and Irish Banknote Auction, in October 2024.