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Ireland 1920 Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound proof, Pick 388p and UB39, serial A 00,005, graded PMG 64 Choice Uncirculated, with blue central denomination panel, maritime vignette, Belfast and Dublin border, and Charles Skipper and East Limited London printer imprint

Ireland 1920 - Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound Proof (Pick 388p / UB39)

The design is fully realized rather than skeletal. The large blue central panel carries the denomination, while the engraved promise-to-pay text sweeps across the face in dramatic script. The top border names Ulster Bank Limited, and the lower border includes Belfast and Dublin, reflecting the bank's pre-partition Irish operating identity. At the center is a maritime and industrial vignette with a sailing ship, dockside structure, cart, plough, and landscape elements, tying the note visually to trade, agriculture, and commercial movement across Ireland. The denomination appears again in ornate cartouches at left and right, with a bold ONE panel below, creating a layered composition typical of high-quality private banknote engraving. Read more →

IrelandProof19201 PoundPMG 64 Choice Uncirculated ProofCompleted ProofPrivate Banknote IssueAuthorized Banknote IssueIrish Private BankSerial A 00,0051 PoundUlster BankUlster Bank LimitedBelfastDublinBlue Central Denomination PanelMaritime VignetteSailing ShipDockside SceneCharles Skipper and East LimitedCharles Skipper and East Limited LondonLondon Security PrinterBanknote PrintingSecurity PrintingEngraved ProofPrivate Banknote ProductionProof-stage MaterialPick 388pUB39Irish Banking HistoryPre-partition IrelandPrivate Banknote TraditionCommercial Banknote IssueIrish Financial HistoryEarly Twentieth Century Paper MoneyHistoryIreland1920PMG 64PMG 64 Choice UncirculatedTop PopPopulation 1R9 Extremely RareMuseum Grade
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New Zealand — Bank of New Zealand £1 Green (ND 1870–1890), Pick S191s specimen engraved by Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co.; Maori pair at left with coastal vignette; archival controls and selvage
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Bank of New Zealand — complete pre-Reserve specimen lineage (1870–1926)

Shown here is that lineage: the £1 Green (Pick S191s, ND 1870–1890), the £5 Orange (Pick S192s, ND 1895–1915), the £10 Brown “with serial-prefix” (Pick S193bs, ND 1895–1908), the £1 Red “with serial-prefix” (Pick S212bs, ND 1905–1916), the £5 Orange multi-serial approval specimen (Pick S192ms, ND 1913), and the £20 Blue (Pick S194s, ND 1907–1926). Read them not as six isolated objects, but as a design system in motion.

Australia — Commercial Bank of Australia £100 specimen, ca. 1880–1910
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Educational overview of three pre-Federation Australian specimens

The pre-Federation era in Australia produced some of the most distinctive private banknotes of the British colonial world. Before 1910, individual banks issued their own paper money under state charters, a system that mirrored Scotland’s model but operated under the practical realities of a continent still forming its national identity. Each bank relied on established London printers—Bradbury, Wilkinson & Co., or Skipper & East, for example—to design, engrave, and supply currency that would both circulate locally and project credibility to an emerging economy.

Ireland - Northern 1929 Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound uncut sheet of 3 proofs with specimen perforation, Pick Unlisted, showing three proof impressions on Ulster Bank Limited watermarked security paper with Charles Skipper and East Limited London printing attribution

Ireland - Northern 1929 - Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound Uncut Sheet of 3 Proofs with Specimen Perforation (Pick Unlisted)

This Ulster Bank Limited 1 Pound uncut sheet of 3 proofs belongs to the Northern Ireland Issue design group of 1929-1934 and survives in a format not represented by the standard single-note Pick listing. It is cataloged here as Pick Unlisted, while the individual proof design is associated with Pick 306p. The sheet preserves three proof impressions before separation, making it a broad production artifact rather than a single cut proof.

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