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

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DNW are continuing to keep their auctions going with a strong presence from internet and phone bidders.
Today’s auction of notes had 169 Lots of Irish notes, with almost all of them selling.


The Private banks struggled, but there were then some good prices among the Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland notes.
There were some nice prices realised among the several hundred Lots of world notes also.

Some of the more interesting results among the Irish notes
Lot 245. Bank of Ireland £20, 1929 hammered at £1100.
Other notable items were four Northern Bank £1 polymer notes.
Lot 264 specimen £400
Lot 265 missing print error £180
Lot 267 serial number Y2K 000014 £320
Lot 266 was a more minor error with the serial number in th ewrong location which failed to attract a bidder at £80.

The Republic of Ireland notes did well, with good solid prices for the better grade Ploughman and Lavery notes on offer. A few lower grade notes did not sell.

Lot 281 and Lot 282 both pressed but attractive Hibernian Bank £1 notes each fetched £360, and a pressed Royal Bank £1 note, Lot 287 sold for £400.

A very low grade Northern £5 note went unsold, as did an overpriced low grade Royal fiver.
Lot 283 was the only Ploughman £10 note, a fine grade Munster & Leinster which fetched a healthy £1,100.


Lot 288 £50, 1943 in GEF fetched £3,400, with at least two bidders competing for it.
Lot 293 £100, 1972 start £900. £950

Lot 290 £50 1960 in about VF with writing on it was a bargain at £220.

A couple of C Series notes in UNC sold for respectable sums.
Lot 298 £10 1996 Serial number 999999 sold for £280
Lot 299 £100 1996 sold for £400


This sale also featured the last tranche of AIB-First Trust archival notes, which were sold for charity..
The specimens and proofs on offer sold steadily, with more interesting items doing well.

Be far the most interesting item in the sale was Lot 595A, an item quite likely to be unique, which sold for £8000.
First Trust Bank, a booklet containing an official De Le Rue proposal for a polymer £10 ‘2017 New Series’, featuring two different proposed designs. The booklet also illustrated the security features of the proposed notes.

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Lot 264 specimen £400


Lot 264 was surprising, I wasn't expecting them to go for that much. There are a couple of 'odd' (for want of a better word) specimens out there too, that I haven't seen listed before, here's one without the all-zero serial:

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Interesting to see an example of the Northern Bank polymer specimen note without serial numbers. The specimen note number is high so this note may be close to the end of the run for the specimen notes.

The First Trust booklet with the prototype designs for the new polymer notes is a fascinating item showing examples of the polymer issue which never made it to circulation. An important item reflected in the amazing hammer price of £8,000 !

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DNW Auction of Paper Money.
Thursday 26 August 2021. British, Irish and World Banknotes.

Lot 240, National Bank Limited, £5, 5 October 1925 in VF grade. Est £2,600. Sold for £8,000 in a sale of heavily contested Lots!

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DNW got some very good results for many of its Irish banknotes in this sale. The market for scarce or rare early Irish notes in nice grade continues to be strong. All the rare notes in this sale did well, with some of them selling for well above the higher estimate.

The two National Bank notes, £1, 1919 and £5 1925 were exceptionally nice grade examples of seldom-offered rare issues. This was reflected in the prices realised for each of them.

The other exceptional item int he sale was the Oriental Bank Corporation, Hong Kong, $5, 1 June 1860, which sold for £130,000, more than double the higher estimate.

Joint-stock Bank Notes:
Lot 220, Bank of Ireland, £5, 27 January 1919. Est £8,000. Sold for £8,000. This is very close to the price it sold for in DNW in 2009. At least two bidders.
Lot 221, Bank of Ireland, £1, 10 April 1922, serial number 10A 000002, Hinton signature. Est, £1,600. Sold for £1,600.
Lot 235, Belfast Banking Company Limited, proof £1, ND (1908-10) - a rare example of a later Belfast note in proof form, seldom seen. Est £240. Sold for £800. A good result which reflects the scarcity of Belfast Bank notes in better grades.
Lot 239, National Bank Limited, £1, 1 August 1919 in EF grade. Est £2,600. Sold for £6,500.
This banknote attracted a lot of interest from several bidders. The final price reflects the scarcity of the banknote by Type - small size Nationals with branches are very scarce - and reflects the exceptional grade of this particular note, by far the nicest example known.
Lot 240, National Bank Limited, £5, 5 October 1925 in VF grade. Est £2,600. Sold for £8,000. A very good result for this note which reflects its rarity as a Type and its exceptional grade. Several bidders.
Lot 254, Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, cancelled £1, 1 January 1918. Est £100. Sold for £70. One bidder.
Lot 255, Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £3, 3 May 1905. Est £4,000. Sold for £7,000. A solid price. At least two bidders.
Lot 259, Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £10, 10 November 1944, serial number N73218. GVF. Est £150. Sold for £180, quite a bargain.
Lot 264, Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 December 1924. A solid VF Est £2,600. Sold for £6,000. A solid price for a very rare issue in nice grade.

Ploughman Notes:
Lot 269, Royal Bank £1, and Lot 270, Ulster Bank £1.
Lot 268, Currency Commission, Northern Bank Ltd, £10, 6 May 1929, serial number 01 0T 007335. Est £12,000. The Northern tenner had no takers at an opening bid of £10,000.
Lot 269, Currency Commission, Royal Bank £1, 5 June 1939. Est £300. sold for £380.
Lot 270, Currency Commission, Ulster Bank, £1, 24 August 1932. Est £300. sold for £420.

Lavery Notes:
Lot 271, 10 Shillings, pre-production proofs of the 1938 Currency Commission Ireland notes. Sold for £700.
Lot 272, £5, pre-production proofs of the 1938 Currency Commission Ireland note. Sold for £650.
Lot 274, £10 respectively, pre-production proofs of the 1938 Currency Commission Ireland note. Sold for £900.
Lot 275, Central Bank of Ireland, 10 Shillings, 12 December 1945, serial number O1J 013341. One of only two examples known of this rare key date, the lower grade example. Fine. Est £1,000. Sold for £1,000.

Later Notes:
Lot 287 Central Bank of Ireland, C Series replacement £100, 1996, AAK 000009, Est £1,000. Sold for £1,100.
Lot 288 Central Bank of Ireland, C Series replacement £100, 1996, KKK 000009, Est £1,000. Sold for £1,300.

Hong Kong:
Lot 503. Oriental Bank Corporation, Hong Kong, $5, 1 June 1860, serial number 20465. This is the earliest known fully issued banknote of any denomination for Hong Kong. Est £30,000-£50,000. This banknote glowed, selling for £130,000 after being fought over by at least two bidders.

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A Northern Banking Company £1 note in About Fine grade fetched 1300 Euro plus fees in Victor Mee's back in April 2021.
It is a presentable example of a rare note.

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DNW Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 25 November 2021. British, Irish and World Banknotes

This auction was full of fresh offerings of Irish notes, many of which have never been on the market previously, or have not been seen in over a decade.

The sale had 180 Lots of Irish notes, including the first part of the Gus Mac Amhlaigh collection of Irish Banknotes.
Gus Mac Amhlaigh contributed many illustrations to irishpapermoney.com. His collection includes a lot of early notes of the Northern Ireland Issue, as well as a good range of Ploughman notes. Some of these were offered in this sale.

Prices were solid overall. Rarer notes in decent grade did well, with a few notes doing very well. A few lower grade notes did not sell.

Generally, unless a note is very rare, banknotes of the Bank of Ireland and Provincial Bank of Ireland tend to fetch lower prices, due to the greater availability of notes from these two banks.


Lot 200, Bank of Ireland, £1, 19 August 1918. GF. £440
Lot 196, Bank of Ireland, £1, 24 March 1884. GF-VF. £2,200.
Lot 207, Bank of Ireland, £10, 14 Jan 1924, £1,100. AVF. An unusually nice example of the 1924 tenner, selling slightly below estimate.

Lot 226, National Bank Limited, £1, 1 August 1924. £950
Lot 227, National Bank Limited, £5, 6 May 1929 VF. £2,200
Lot 232, Northern Banking Company Limited, £5, 1 November 1916. £2,000

Lot 256, Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 July 1921, £1,100

Lot 270, Ulster Bank Limited, £1, 1 December 1927, serial number 1300208, rubber stamp overprint ISSUED IN NORTHERN IRELAND AFTER 6th MAY 1929, original about fine. £1,500.


Lot 324, Central Bank of Ireland, £20, 6 August 1943, War Code. Fine. £4,200.
Lot 238, Central Bank of Ireland, £50, 4 May 1954, GVF. £1,700.

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Prices realised for the Ploughman notes were steady, and in line with the current market, with the exception of Lot 291, a Specimen £20 note.

Lot 291, Ploughman Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, specimen £20, 5 September 1978. EF. £42,000.
The price realised for this note is far in excess of current opinion as to its value (Estimate was £2,600-£3,200). Sometimes things do very well in auction.

There are more Ploughman Specimen notes coming up in the next DNW auction. It will be interesting to see what levels of prices they will attain.

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A roundup of 2022!

DNW Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 24 February 2022. British, Irish and World Banknotes

Two significant collections of Irish notes formed the backbone of the 176 Lots of Irish notes on offer which covered all eras of Irish banknotes.

There were some decent bargains to be had among a generally solid result for the Irish notes in this auction, while several Lots in this sale realised groundbreaking prices.

Lot 286. Bank of Ireland, £5, 10 August 1920 - £2,200, VF - A solid price for a scarce note.
Lot 311. National Bank Limited, £1, 2 September 1921 - £400, VG - This is the first date for post-multibranch £1 notes of the National bank.
Lot 318. Northern Bank Limited, £1, 1 May 1929, serial number N-I/A 000040, GF - £120. A nice bargain for the buyer, considering the first prefix low number of the note.
Lot 337. Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 August 1919, About Fine - £700. A decent bargain here.
Lot 337. Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 June 1916, GF - £1,500. A good strong price for a relatively common scarcity.

Prices realised for the common bank Ploughman notes were generally at the high side of normal.
Several specimen notes were on offer, including a £50, and £100, which both achieved results far above their estimates of £5,000-£6,000.
Lot 410. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, specimen £50, AU - £26,000.
Lot 411. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, specimen £100, AU - £26,000.
A super result for these two notes.
Lot 418. Currency Commission, Provincial Bank, £10, 17 July 1939, serial number 01PT 035243. One of three examples of the Kennedy signature £10 Ploughman. VF writing on reverse. - £11,000 realised, a very good result for a lower grade example which pushes the value of the note up by around 25%. This note was first recorded in the 1990s.

Lot 379. 10 Shillings, 9 August 1939, About VF - £550.
Lot 380. £5, 7 February 1939, AU water stained - £400. A good price. There is a run of around ten of these notes in sequence. The stain damage on this example is at the more severe end of the group.
Lot 430. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £50, 10 September 1928, GEF with signature of De Valera written on face - £10,000. Dev’s signature knocked around £5,000 off the numismatic value of this note!
Lot 431. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £50, 10 September 1928, AU - £32,000. A truly exceptional result, fully twice the expected value.


Lot 444. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 16 January 1963, mulburry serial number 01Z 066787, Muimhneachain and Whitaker signatures, GEF - £1,700. A good premium price for this scarce dark mulberry note.

Lot 390. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22 August 1996, serial number AAK 000060. AU - £950. Hammer prices for these are always good, and are edging close to the £1,000 mark!

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DNW rebranded itself as Noonan’s Mayfair shortly before this sale.

Noonan’s Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 26 & 27 May 2022. Banknotes

Lot 184, Bank of Ireland, £1, Dublin, 3 March 1840, nice Fine - £8,000. One of three examples of the £1 note of this type recorded in private hands.
Lot 188, Bank of Ireland, £10, 18 December 1917, original Fine - £1,500. A good solid price for the most common bank for large size pre-1922 £10 notes
Lot 196. Bank of Ireland, £10, 10 October 1925, original About Fine - £1,200. A strong price for the type which reflects the scarcity of the 1925 fractional prefix notes.
Lot 212. The National Bank Limited, £10, 10 August 1914, Fine - £3,800. A strong price.
Lot 213. The National Bank Limited, £5, 5th November 1924, VG to Fine - £2,400. A very strong price for a low grade note which reflects its general scarcity.

Lot 269. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, colour trial £100, 5 September 1978, AU with usual TDLR mounting stain on reverse - £10,000. A very strong price for a De La Rue specimen Ploughman £100.

Prices for other Ploughman notes were generally strong, reflecting the general trend seen in other sales.

Lot 291. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £100, 9 December 1937 - £1,300. Somewhat of a bargain here for the buyer. The 1937 £100 note is a difficult ntoe to find in better thanVG grade.
Lot 309. Bank of Ireland, £20, 9 May 1929, VF graffiti on face - £1,600.
Lot 334. The National Bank Limited, £3, 3 October 1913, serial number 82528. Attractive Fine - £16,000. This is the finest known example of a National Bank £3 note

Interestingly, Lot 394 failed to sell at £12,000!
Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £50, 10 September 1928, overall GEF.

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DNW rebranded itself as Noonan’s Mayfair shortly before this sale.

Noonan’s Auction of Paper Money
Thursday 26 & 27 May 2022. Banknotes

Lot 184, Bank of Ireland, £1, Dublin, 3 March 1840, nice Fine - £8,000. One of three examples of the £1 note of this type recorded in private hands.
Lot 188, Bank of Ireland, £10, 18 December 1917, original Fine - £1,500. A good solid price for the most common bank for large size pre-1922 £10 notes
Lot 196. Bank of Ireland, £10, 10 October 1925, original About Fine - £1,200. A strong price for the type which reflects the scarcity of the 1925 fractional prefix notes.
Lot 212. The National Bank Limited, £10, 10 August 1914, Fine - £3,800. A strong price.
Lot 213. The National Bank Limited, £5, 5th November 1924, VG to Fine - £2,400. A very strong price for a low grade note which reflects its general scarcity.

Lot 269. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, colour trial £100, 5 September 1978, AU with usual TDLR mounting stain on reverse - £10,000. A very strong price for a De La Rue specimen Ploughman £100.

Prices for other Ploughman notes were generally strong, reflecting the general trend seen in other sales.

Lot 291. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £100, 9 December 1937 - £1,300. Somewhat of a bargain here for the buyer. The 1937 £100 note is a difficult ntoe to find in better thanVG grade.
Lot 309. Bank of Ireland, £20, 9 May 1929, VF graffiti on face - £1,600.
Lot 334. The National Bank Limited, £3, 3 October 1913, serial number 82528. Attractive Fine - £16,000. This is the finest known example of a National Bank £3 note

Interestingly, Lot 394 failed to sell at £12,000! Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £50, 10 September 1928, overall GEF.
Finding buyers for high value items can sometimes be hit and miss, it would appear.

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Noonan’s Auction of Paper Money
24 & 25 August 2022. Banknotes

Another wide range of notes were on offer in this sale. Listed are some of the more interesting results for Irish notes.

A trio of scarcer type Bank of Ireland £5 notes did well.
Lot 206, Bank of Ireland, £1, 28 June 1880. £3,000.
Lot 207, Bank of Ireland, £5, 13 October 1890. £3,000.
Lot 210, Bank of Ireland, £5, 12 May 1921. £2,000.

Lot 230, National Bank Limited, £1, 1 June 1918. £2,400. A solid price for the last date of large size National notes.
Lot 230, National Bank Limited, £1, 1 September 1926. £950 in Nice Fine, demonstrates a continuing demand for examples of this note.
Lot 232, National Bank Limited, £5, 1 August 1933. £1,800.

Lot 257, Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £1, 1 February 1922. £700. Original VF - issued examples of these notes in better grades continue to do well, despite the large quantity of cancelled remainder notes available.

Lot 300, Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £100, 10 September 1928, About fine with tears and writing. £1,800. A good result for a low grade example.

Lot 321, Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22 August 1996. UNC. £550.

Lot 357, Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £5, 4 February 1933. £2,600.

Lot 359, Central Bank of Ireland, £1, 6 April 1984, serial number JHI 000001. £300. A very good price for a B Series number 000001 note.

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Spink World Paper Money
29 September 2022.

Results for some of the Irish banknotes in this Spink sale.
The Provincial notes are examples of the last known date of each denomination of the large size notes.

Lot 133, National Bank Limited, specimen £5, dated 5 October 1926, without serial numbers. £1,000.
Lot 134, National Bank Limited, Northern Ireland Issue, marked specimen £10, dated 6 May 1929, without serial numbers. £1,300.
Lot 135, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, £3, perforated 'SPECIMEN', 3 September 1906, serial number 39002. £3,200.
Lot 136, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, perforated 'SPECIMEN' £5, 5 November 1919, serial number D20400. £1,400.
Lot 137, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, perforated 'SPECIMEN', £10, 25 November 1920, serial number A90056. £1,500.
Lot 138, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, perforated 'SPECIMEN', £20, 20 November 1919, serial number 26005. £2,000.
Lot 139, Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited, proof for an unissued £50, 25 November 1920, serial number 1000. £1,900.

Lot 140 is also interesting. Southern Bank of Ireland, proof for an unissued £10, Cork, 18- (1837), no serial numbers. £2,400.

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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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A review of some prices realised in recent auctions.
There was a broad range of Irish banknotes on offer during 2023, with many items selling well.
Generally, the demand remained strong for Irish notes in all grades.


Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
31 May & 1 June 2023. Banknotes

Irish private banks
Lot 201. Gibbons & Williams, Dublin, unissued £5, 1 September 1833. Est £400-£500. Price realised £400.
This note has ‘Johnston & Co.’ inscribed in the signature panel, and might have been issued by the London agents of the bank. Johnston & Co., London acted as agents for some of the Irish banks at the time.
Lot 203. Hannyingtons Bank, for Thomas Hannyington, 1 Guinea (1 Pound, 2 Shillings and 9 Pence), 9 October 1812. Est. £300-£400. Price realised £280.

Irish joint stock banks
Lot 254. Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, £20, 6 May 1929. Est. £1,200-£1,800. Price realised £1,200.

Limerick Soviet
These three examples are all in nice grade. They realised record prices, reflecting a continued strong demand for these notes.
Lot 278. Limerick ‘Soviet’ Trades & Labour Council, 1 Shilling, April 1919, serial number 185. AU. Est. £2,000-£2,600. Price realised £4,000.
Lot 279. Limerick ‘Soviet’ Trades & Labour Council, 5 Shillings, April 1919, serial number 117. GEF. Est. £2,000-£2,600. Price realised £4,200.
Lot 280. Limerick ‘Soviet’ Trades & Labour Council, 10 Shillings, April 1919, no serial number. VF. Est. £2,000-£2,600. Price realised £2,800.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
Lot 311. Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £10, 2 October 1931. Nice GVF. Est £1,800-£2,400. Price realised £3,000.
Lot 312. Currency Commission, Northern Bank Ltd, £1, 7 January 1931. fine. Est £800-£1,200. Price realised £750.
Lot 319. Currency Commission, Royal Bank of Ireland, £5, 8 May 1931. About VF. Est £1,200-£1,600. Price realised £2,200.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 339. Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £50, McElligott and Whitaker signatures. AEF. Est £800-£1,000. Price realised £1,400.
Lot 340. Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £100, McElligott and Whitaker signatures. Est £800-£1,000. Price realised £1,000.

Some Lots to watch:
Lot 205. Bank of Ireland, £1, 23 October 1916. Good Fine overall. Est £200-£260 Price realised £360. A very solid price for a presentable lower grade example.
Lot 235. The National Bank Limited, £10, 1 February 1937. gVF-aEF. Est £400-£500. Price realised £400.
Lot 237. The National Bank Limited, £20, 1 January 1949. gVF. Est £400-£500. Unsold.
Lot 349. Central Bank of Ireland, £5, 5 September 1975. UNC. Est £260-£300. Price realised £220.



Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
27 July 2023. British and Irish Banknotes

Irish joint stock banks
Lot 223. Bank of Ireland, £1, 29 October 1881. Est. £3,000-£4,000. Attractive Fine. Price realised £3,200.
A nice example of a Craig signature note with 4 lines of branches in sans-serif type.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
Lot 268. Currency Commission, Hibernian Bank, £1, 10 April 1939. GVF. Est £300-£400. Price realised £380.
Lot 270. Currency Commission, Hibernian Bank, £10, 2 October 1931. fine with minor ink marks. Est £1,200-£1,600. Price realised £2,000.
Lot 272. Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £1,3 January 1936. Nice GVF-EF. Est £240-£300. Price realised £340.
Lot 273. Currency Commission, National Bank Ltd, £5, 15.3.33. Nice AEF. Est £1,000-£1,500. Price realised £800. A weak result for this banknote.
Lot 279. Currency Commission, Ulster Bank, £10, 9 August 1939. GVF. Est £3,000-£4,000. Price realised £6,000.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 281. Currency Commission Ireland,£5, 9 March 1939. GVF. Est £200-£260. Price realised £150.
Lot 284. Currency Commission Ireland, £1, 8 January 1942, About EF. Est £180-£220. Price realised £280.
Lot 287. Currency Commission Ireland, £5, 5 June 1942. Original VF. Est £200-£260. Price realised £220.

Lot 306. Central Bank of Ireland, specimen £50, Whitaker and
Murray signatures. Est £1,000-£1,400. A less common specimen with ‘Specimen’ perforated rather than printed.
Lot 308. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 10 April 1975. Est £600-£800. GEF. A nice example which should sell well.
Lot 311. Central Bank of Ireland, £10 replacement note, 10 February 1975. Est £150-£240. GEF-AU. Price realised £260.

Some Lots to watch
Lot 316 and Lot 317. Central Bank of Ireland, £50, 4 April 1977.
Two notes in sequence. Both notes are graded PMG 64 EPQ, and estimated at £1,200-£1,600. Both unsold.

Lot 318, Lot 319 and Lot 320. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977.
Three £100 notes in sequence, the first EF (Est £400-£500), the subsequent two GVF (Est £300-£400 each).
Prices realised: Lot 318, £300; Lot 319, £240; Lot 320, unsold.



Spink Auction of World Banknotes
Tuesday 26 September 2023

Lot 136, £1 National Bank Limited (undated, 1929-1934). Graded 53, with mould damage. Est £3,000-£5,000. This estimate is very optimistic, considering that a £10 (a much rarer note) specimen dated 1929, graded 64 was sold for £1,300 plus fees in Spink’s sale 29 Sept 2022.
Lot 140, £1 National Bank Limited 1 September 1926. Graded 62 Net, but with mould damage. Est £800-£1,200. Unsold.
Lot 141, National Bank Limited £50 25 November 1920. Graded 62, but with mould damage. Est £1,500-£2,500. Price realised £2,200.
Lot 142, National Bank Limited £100 30 November 1920. Graded 58, with mould damage. Est £2,500-£3,500. Price realised £2,400.
Although the notes in Lot 141 and 142 were likely issued in small quantities, no surviving examples are known.
Lot 167, £10 National Bank Limited 10th May 1927. Graded 62, also with mould damage. Est £1,000-£1,500. Price realised £1,700.



Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
12 October 2023. British and Irish Banknotes

Irish private banks
Lot 220. Shaws Bank, £10, 13 January 1836. Est £700-£900. Fine. Price realised £650.
Lot 222. Cork Bank, for Charles Henry Leslie & John Leslie, £1, 24 October 1825. Est £260-£360. Fine. Price realised £220.
Lot 224. Mallow Bank, for Robert de la Cour and Richard Jonson Cuthbert, 30 Shillings, 2 June 1820. Est £600-£800. VG-Fine. Unsold.

Irish joint stock banks
Lot 252. The National Bank Limited, £10, 10 December 1918. Est. £1,500-£2,000. Overall Fine. Price realised £3,000.
Lot 254. National Bank Limited, £5, 5th October 1925. Est. £4,000-£5,000. Price realised £4,600.
Lot 255. National Bank Limited, watermarked paper as used on the 1929 to 1934 issue including the £1, £5, £10 and £20, glued into blue card frame with ink annotation, as produced, the only example of this watermark in the Portals archive, Est £100-£150. Price realised £90.
Lot 275. Provincial Bank of Ireland, £1, fraudulently altered to £10, Clonmel, 1 December 1828. Est £200-£300. Price realised £280.
Lot 285. Provincial Bank of Ireland Ltd, obverse and reverse steel printing plates for £20, type of 1929. Est £150-£200. Price realised £120.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
The section on Ploughman notes opens with specimens of watermarked paper for the three lower denominations.
Lot 315. Currency Commission, Ploughman Series, watermarked papers as used on the £1, £5 and £10, issued from 1929 to 1940, including the coloured fibres found on the issued notes, all in blue card frames, with ink annotations. Est £300-£400. Price realised £320.
Lot 318. Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, £1, 3 July 1939, mulberry serial number. EF45 EPQ. Est £1,000-£1,500. Unsold.
Lot 319. Currency Commission, Hibernian Bank, £1, 5 August 1939, mulberry serial number. VF40. Est £600-£800. Price realised £800.
Lot 330. Currency Commission, Ulster Bank, £1, 9 July 1934. Good Fine. Est £180-£240. Price realised £300.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 331. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, 10 Shillings, 23 October 1928. AU. Est £800-£1,000. Well better than average grade for this note. A nice example with good eye appeal. Price realised £2,400.
Lot 332. Currency Commission/Central Bank of Ireland, Lady Lavery Series, watermarked paper featuring the head of Erin, as used on 10 Shillings, £1, £5 and £10 from 1928 until 1977. Est £400-£500. Price realised £480.
Lot 344. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977. UNC65 EPQ. Est £1,500-£2,000. Price realised £1,500.
Lots 345 and 346 are sequential GEF examples of Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 4 April 1977. Est £300-£400 each. Prices realised: Lot 345, £340; Lot 346, £360..
Lot 351. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22 August 1996. UNC67 EPQ. Est £1,000-£1,500. Price realised £900. A result consistent with other examples of this note graded UNC67.



Spink Auction of World Banknotes
4 October, 2023

Lot 1347. Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, £4, Belfast, 18-- (1820-24). Est £120-£180. Price realised £550.
Lot 1348. Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, £20, Belfast, 18-- (1820-24). Est £120-£180. Price realised £520.
Lot 1349. Northern Ireland, Northern Bank, 25 Shillings, Belfast, 182- (1824). Est £120-£180. Price realised £480.
Lot 1372. The Southern Bank of Ireland, Cork £10, 18--, no serial number, Series L. Est £180-£200. Price realised £950.

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Whyte's History Sale
11 November 2023


Some results of the banknotes.
Lot 90. 1920-1923 Ballykinlar Camp tokens for use by Republican internees. 7 tokens.
A very rare complete set of these tokens - penny, threepence, sixpence, shilling, five shillings, ten shillings and one pound. They were designed and printed by O’Loughlin Murphy & Boland Ltd., Dublin.
Est 1,500-2,000 Euro. Price realised 3,200 Euro.

Lot 277a. Currency Commission 'Ploughman' Bank of Ireland Ten Pounds, 6-5-29. VG. Est 1,200-1,500 Euro. Price realised 2,200 Euro.
Lot 279. Central Bank ‘Lady Lavery’ One Hundred Pounds, 4-4-77, a rare sequential pair. About EF. Est 500-700 Euro. Price realised 2,000 Euro.
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Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
14 March 2024. British and Irish Banknotes

This Noonan’s Mayfair auction in the British and Irish Banknotes series included 268 Lots of Irish banknotes, with a large section of of Northern Ireland notes.

The sale also included some watermark samples from the Portals Archives.


A selection of the prices realised

Lot 347, Bank of Ireland, contemporary forgery of a £1, 13 July 1808. VG. Price realised, £500.
A good price, reflecting the rarity of the note of the bank in any form from this era.

Irish joint stock banks Banknotes issued by the Irish commercial banks
Lot 351, Bank of Ireland, £10, 12 February 1913, Good VF. Est. £1,500-£2,000. Price realised, £2,400.
Lot 391, Belfast Banking Company Limited, £10, 7 December 1917, VF. Est. £2,400-£3,000. Price realised, £2,400.
Lot 392, Belfast Banking Company Limited, watermarked papers from the Portals Archive. Est. £300-£400. Unsold.
Lot 417, The National Bank Limited, £1, 6 May 1929, serial number 000002, Green signature, along with a copy of a letter dated 11 March 1916 appointing F.H.Green to the post of Manager at the Belfast branch of the National Bank. About UNC. Est. £3,000-£3,600. Price realised, £3,000.
Lot 431, Northern Bank Limited, £20, 20 October 1921 (1929), GVF. Est. £800-£1,000. Price realised, £800.
A nice example of a 1929 Northern Ireland overprint on a 1921 £20 note, a banknote issue which is very difficult to find in decent grade.


Currency Commission Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
There is a decent selection of Ploughman notes, including three Ten Pound notes.
Most of these notes were recorded in the PSS Ploughman Census, some back in the 1990s, and are already included in the Population Report.

Lot 545, Currency Commission, Bank of Ireland, colour trial £50, 5.9.78 (fictitious date), printed in blue.
A minor repair is noted, previously mounted. PMG 63, choice uncirculated. Est. £6,000-£8,000. Price realised, £7,000.
A solid result for this banknote type.
Lot 554, Provincial Bank of Ireland, £10, Ploughman, dated 2.10.31. About Fine. Est. £1,000-£1,500. Price realised, £1,100.


Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 561, Currency Commission Ireland, £10, 2.7.40, PMG 50 EPQ about uncirculated. Est. £1,000-£1,200. Price realised, £1,300. A very good result for this note which reflects the lack of examples in decent grade coming to the market.
Lot 597. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22.08.96. UNC. Est £300-£400. Price realised, £420. Rather a soft price, considering that slabbed 67 EPQ would be expected to fetch around £900.
Lot 598. £100, 22 August 1996, serial number BAK 070315, O’Conaill and Mullarkey signatures, original very fine. Price realised, £300. A very strong price for a VF note which is readily available in UNC.
Lot 600. Central Bank of Ireland, £50, 19 March 1999, serial number RNR 454348, O’Conaill and Mullarkey signatures, uncirculated. Price realised £240.

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Spink Auction of World Banknotes
8-9 May 2024

Spink’s auction of World Banknotes included 12 Irish Lots.
24008 World Banknotes e-auction

Lot 293. Northern Bank, obverse proof on card £4, Belfast. Est £300 to £500. Price realised, £420.
A decent result for a less common denomination issue of the Irish private bank banks.

Lot 296. National Bank Limited, Northern Ireland £5, 6th May 1929. VF 20. Est £2,200 to £2,800. Price realised, £2,000.
Lot 297. Ulster Bank Ltd., Northern Ireland, £100, Belfast, 1st March 1941, UNC 64 EPQ. Est £2,500 to £3,500. Price realised, £4,000.

Lot 298. Currency Commission, Ireland, £100, 10.9.28. Fine 15 Apparent. Est £6,500 to £8,500. Unsold.
Lot 299. Currency Commission, Ireland, £100, 17.12.37. VF 25. Est £2,700 to £3,500. Price realised, £4,800.
A nice solid result for this nice example of a 1937 Irish Free State £100 Legal Tender Note, generally seen in VG grade.

Lot 300. Currency Commission consolidated Banknote, Bank of Ireland, Ploughman specimen £1. UNC 64 EPQ. Est £600 to £900. Price realised, £900. A decent result for this attractive printer's specimen of the Ploughman series.
Lot 301. Currency Commission consolidated Banknote, Bank of Ireland, Ploughman specimen £1. AU 58 EPQ. Est £1,200 to £1,800. Price realised, £1,300.

Lot 303. Central Bank of Ireland, £5, 5th September 1975. UNC 67 EPQ. Est 150 to £250. Price realised, £350.
A very strong price which is in line with the growing trend of good results for Irish Legal Tender Notes graded by PMG which achieve PMG67 EPQ or higher.



Spink held an additional on-line sale on 10 May which included a few Irish notes.
398 World Banknotes e-auction

Lot 195A. Northern Banking Company Limited, Watermarked Paper, sheet of 2, Est, £50 - £100. Price realised, £25.
Lot 195B. Ulster Bank Limited, watermarked paper, sheet of 3, Est, £50 - £100. Price realised, £45.

LOT 198. Republic of Ireland, specimen £20, Dublin, 5th September 1978, PMG 58. Est,£5,000 - £6,000. Price realised, £4,500. An expected price level for this De La Rue Ploughman £20 printer's specimen in orange, from the same series as the two specimens in the 8-9 May auction.

Lot 195A and 195B

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Whytes 'The Eclectic Collector' auction
June 7, 2024.

Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'
Lot 433. Currency Commission 'Ploughman' Bank of Ireland Ten Pounds, 6-5-29.
Fine. Estimate: €1,200 - €1,500.
Price realised: €5,000 plus fees. A very good result fro the vendor here, and well above the average value for such a banknote.

Lot 481. Currency Commission 'Ploughman' Northern Bank, One Pound, 7-1-31
VG. Estimate: €800 - €1,000.
Price realised: €800 plus fees.

Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'
Lot 482. Currency Commission Lavery Twenty Pounds first issue, 10-9-28
VF. Estimate: €3,000 - €4,000.
Price realised: €3,200 plus fees.
This is one of the best examples of a 1928 £20 note recorded in the Lavery Rare Notes Census, and new to the census.

Lot 493. Central Bank Lavery Fifty Pounds sequential trio, 4-4-77.
EF. Estimate: €1,200 - €1,500.
Price realised: €2,100 plus fees.
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Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
26 June 2024. British and Irish Banknotes

Irish Private Banks

Lot 304. Ffrench's Bank Tuam, 1 Guinea (1 Pound, 2 Shillings and 9 Pence), 24 August 1813. Est. £100-£150.
Hammer £110.


Irish joint stock banks

Lot 345. The National Bank Limited, £1, 1 August 1933, Green signature. VF. With biro on reverse and a small tear. Est. £700-£900.
Hammer £850.

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Lot 360. Northern Bank Limited, £100, 2 June 1919 (1929), Craig signature, Northern Ireland overprint on preceding issue. Est. £1,000-£1,500.
Hammer £1,300. Well-estimated for this nice example of the 1929 Northern Ireland Overprint on the final all-Ireland issue.

Lot 423. Ulster Bank Limited, £5, 1 May 1918, a pleasing and original GVF. Est. £2,400-£2,800.
Hammer £2,600.

Lot 424. Ulster Bank Limited, £10, 1 January 1914, Fullerton signature, pinholes, a pleasing fine. Est. £2,000-£2,400.
Hammer £2,400. A good result for one of the less-common signatures.


Currency Commission Consolidated Bank Notes 'Ploughman series'

Lot 469. Currency Commission, Royal Bank of Ireland, £10, 6 May 1929. Many pinholes, two 20-30mm splits in top margin, otherwise Good Fine. Est. £1,500-£2,000.
Hammer £1,500.

Lot 472. Currency Commission, Royal Bank of Ireland, £5, 29 Jan 1931, lightly pressed, 20-30mm split along upper central fold, tape repair on reverse, overall VF. Est. £1,000-£1,500.
Unsold.


Legal Tender notes 'Lady Lavery series'

Lot 477. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £50, 10 September 1928. Heavily pressed with splits and repairs. Est. £1,000-£1,500.
Hammer £900. A good buy for this scarce note in 'space filler' condition.

Lot 482. Currency Commission, Irish Free State, £100, 9 December 1937. Damage to left margin, ink graffiti, pinholes, original VG to fine. Est. £1,000-£1,500.
Unsold

Lot 502. Central Bank of Ireland, £50, 4 April 1977, paperclip mark in paper (no rust) at right, otherwise uncirculated. Est. £500-£700.
Hammer £750. A common high grade note with a minor flaw. It did ok.

Lot 513. Central Bank of Ireland, £100, 22 August 1996, GVF to about EF. Est. £200-£260.
Hammer £400. A very good price. This Lot tested the market for a medium grade Series C Parnell £100 note.