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1 Pound Bank of Ireland
| Issuer | Bank of Ireland |
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| Year | 1972-1978 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1929-date) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse carries a central vignette of the Bank of Ireland's main building, flanked by vignettes representing industrial and commercial activity: at left, an aeroplane in flight above rolls of textile fabric, and at right, thread rolls alongside the SS Canberra ocean liner, together symbolising the trade and industry of Northern Ireland. |
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| Signature(s) | H. H. M. Chestnutt A. S. J. O'Neill |
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Bank of Ireland's pound notes of this period were issued under the Bankers' (Ireland) Act 1845, which gave the bank — along with a handful of other authorized institutions — the right to continue issuing their own notes alongside those of the Central Bank. That arrangement, a relic of pre-partition banking law, meant private commercial bank notes remained legal tender in the Republic well into the late twentieth century.
De La Rue's London facility handled the printing throughout the series run. Chestnutt served as Governor; O'Neill as Chief Cashier — both signatures are required under the note issue framework governing authorized banks.