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| Emittent | Bank of Ireland |
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| Jahr | 1801-1808 |
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| Währung | Second Irish Pound (1460-1826) |
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| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Plain typeset note with an oval vignette in the upper left containing the seated figure of Hibernia beneath a crown. The denomination ONE POUND appears twice in oval cartouches at upper right and lower left, with the issuer name BANK OF IRELAND in bold letterpress across the centre. The note carries manuscript date, serial number, and two handwritten signatures at the foot, with a guilloche border of repeated scroll ornaments running along the upper edge. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | I Promise to pay ... or bearer on Demand the sum of One Pound Dublin For the Gov.r and Comp.a of the Bank of Ireland |
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| Anmerkungen |
The Bank of Ireland received its charter in 1783, but it was the Act of Union in 1800 — merging Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom — that fundamentally changed the bank's position. From 1801 it effectively operated as a quasi-central institution for Ireland, the only joint-stock bank permitted in the country under legislation that would not be revised until 1824. This note was issued during that monopoly window.
Printing in Dublin during this period meant working without the sophisticated intaglio infrastructure available in London. Paper supply was a persistent problem; Irish paper of the era is notably prone to toning and foxing, and surviving examples from this run rarely escape both.