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Ireland’s paper-money history spans private-bank note issue, regional sterling banking and later modern security printing. The material in this section follows that wider tradition through issued notes, proofs, specimens, remainders and production material connected with banks operating in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Commercial issuers such as Ulster Bank Limited, Northern Bank, Belfast Banking Company Limited, Bank of Ireland Limited and Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited used banknotes not only as payment instruments, but also as engraved statements of institutional authority, local identity and trust.

Early private-bank and regional issues often combine ornate lettering, maritime and industrial vignettes, armorial devices, security paper and carefully controlled printer work. Proofs and specimens preserve these designs in a form close to production and approval, showing details that ordinary issued notes often lose through circulation, trimming or handling. Sheet material, watermarked paper and specimen perforations add another layer, documenting how the notes were prepared before they entered, or were withheld from, public use.

The later Northern Ireland sterling issues continue the same regional banking tradition in a modern security-printing environment. Printer attributions, replacement prefixes, specimen controls, bank-title changes and redesigns all form part of the collecting story. Together, the pieces in this country section connect private banking, regional monetary authority, commercial note issue and the technical history of banknote production without reducing the material to a single issuer, period or denomination.

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Ireland - Northern 1940 Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound issued note, Pick 306, serial A152102, dated Belfast 1st January 1940, with blue ONE POUND panel, red serial numbers, maritime and industrial vignette, architectural reverse, and Ulster Bank Limited watermarked security paper

Ireland - Northern 1940 - Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound Issued Note (Pick 306)

This 1940 Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound issued note is part of the Northern Ireland Issue tradition of commercial-bank sterling notes. Dated Belfast, 1st January 1940, and bearing serial number A152102, the note represents the fully issued form of the Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound design, with completed date, serial numbering, officer signatures, and payable promise text. The face design carries the strong private-bank identity of Ulster Bank Limited. ... Read more →

IrelandIssued Note19401 PoundRaw Issued NoteRegular IssuePrivate Banknote IssueAuthorized Banknote IssueIrish Private BankNorthern Ireland IssueSerial A1521021 PoundUlster BankUlster Bank LimitedBelfastDated Belfast 1st January 1940Ulster Bank Limited WatermarkUlster Bank Limited Watermarked PaperBlue One Pound PanelRed Serial NumbersMaritime VignetteIndustrial VignetteArchitectural VignetteCharles Skipper and East LimitedCharles Skipper and East Limited LondonLondon Security PrinterBanknote PrintingSecurity PrintingEngraved BanknotePrivate Banknote ProductionCommercial Banknote IssuePick 306Irish Banking HistoryNorthern Ireland Banking HistoryPrivate Banknote TraditionCommercial Banknote IssueIrish Financial HistoryEarly Twentieth Century Paper MoneySterling BanknoteHistoryIrelandIreland - Northern1940Pick 306RawMuseum Grade
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