Noonan's Auction of Paper Money
24 & 25 November 2022. Banknotes
Noonan’s Mayfair have another superb range of world notes on offer in their November sale which includes many rarities. Ireland features prominently with several very rare notes on offer. The catalogue is available from their website,
www.noonans.co.uk.
There are some exceptionally rare offerings among the Irish banknotes in this sale from the joint stock banks, including a Bank of Ireland £5 note, Baskin with four lines of branches, the first time that such a £5 note has been offered on the market.
Two other notes on offer: Northern Banking Company £1, 1866; National Bank £3, 1891, are all the only known surviving issued examples of their type; and Ulster Banking Company, £1, 1861 is the only known example in private hands.
There is a nice spread of Ploughman notes in decent VF grade or better, including a Royal Bank of Ireland £10 note in GEF, part of a run of four known examples.
There are also some exceptional offerings among the non-Irish notes.
Some of the highlights are listed following.
Ireland
Irish Private Banks
Lot 214. Arran Hill, unissued £1 and 2 Shillings and 9 Pence, 18- (ca 1804). Est £400-£500.
In Borris a Kane, this issuer is unrecorded in PMI or any other reference catalogue.
Lot 221. Mallow Bank, De la Cour, Galwey, unissued 1 Shilling and 1 penny (13 pence). Est £400-£500.
A very unusual denomination.
Irish Joint stock banks, pre-1928
Lot 228. Bank of Ireland, £5, 12 December 1905. Est £3,000-£4,000.
Lot 238. National Bank, £3, 3 December 1891. Est £7,000-£9,000.
Lot 239. National Bank, £5, 5 November 1919. Est £5,000-£7,000.
Lot 243. Northern Banking Company, £1, 1 August 1866. Est £7,000-£9,000.
Then only known example of an issued Northern Banking Company note.
Lot 263. Provincial Bank of Ireland, £3, 3 October 1905. Est £4,000-£5,000.
Lot 264. Provincial Bank of Ireland, £1, 1 July 1921. VF Est. £600-£800. A nicer than usual example of the type.
Lot 305. Ulster Banking Company, £1, January 1861. Est £6,000-£8,000.
The only known example, without BELFAST in bottom border, in private hands.
Lot 307. Ulster Bank Ltd., £5, 1 August 1894. Est £1,800-£2,400.
Ploughman notes 1929-1941
There are ten £1 notes, five £5 notes and four £10 notes on offer.
Lot. 321. Munster & Leinster Bank £10, 6.5.29, a decent VF. Est £1,200-£1,800.
Lot. 331. Royal Bank of Ireland £10, 6.5.29, About EF. Est £8,000-£10,000.
This note is from a run of at least four in sequence, recorded in the Ploughman Scan Survey.
A range of Lavery Legal Tender Notes, including two lower grade Brennan/McElligott £20 notes (1950, 1951).
Lot. 368. $10 De Valera bond, 21 January 1920.
It will be interesting to see what this fetches,
De Valera Bonds are a popular item of memorabilia.
The strong British Isles section also has many other interesting notes, including the following:
Lot. 419. Arbroath Banking Company, £1, 1 September 1825.
Lot. 421. Montrose Banking Company, 1 Guinea, manuscript date 7 August 1818.
These two towns are quite close to each other, just above Dundee.
Lot. 455. Isle of Man Bank, £1, 22 June 1829. £2,000-£2,600.
Lot. 459. Bank of Mona, £1 British, 14 September 1874. £2,000-£2,600.
Lot. 491. Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Limited, £1, 12 November 1925. £1,500-£2,6000.
This is a very rare note, a forerunner to the Martin's Bank issues.
Two of the exceptional items from among the World Notes.
Lot. 862. East African Currency Board, specimen 10,000 Shillings, 1 August 1951. Est £15,000-£18,000.
Lot. 1188. Government Of The Straits Settlements, $1, 1 September 1906. Est £10,000-£14,000.
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