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1 Pound Munster and Leinster Bank
| Issuer | Currency Commission Ireland |
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| Year | 1929-1940 |
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| Value | 1 Pound (1 Punt) |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a ploughman guiding a horse-drawn plough across a field, rendered in detailed intaglio engraving, with a large stylised £1 numeral as underprint at centre. The issuing bank title THE MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK LIMITED appears in bold letterpress along the lower portion, with bilingual English and Irish text stating payability at the principal office in Dublin. Serial number and date appear at lower left and lower right respectively, with a facsimile signature of the Currency Commission Chairman across the upper centre. |
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| Obverse lettering | Currency Commission Consolidated Bank Note Coimisiún Airgid Reatha Nóta Bainc Có-Dhlúite One Pound Punt Payable at the Principal Office in Dublin of Tá so iníoctha ag an bPríomh-Oifig i mBaile Átha Cliath de The Munster & Leinster Bank Limited |
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The Currency Commission was established under the Currency Act of 1927 to unify Irish note issue, but rather than immediately replacing the old commercial bank notes, it retained the existing bank names on a new consolidated series — hence "Munster and Leinster Bank" appearing on a note issued by a state body. The Munster and Leinster Bank itself had not independently issued notes since the Commission took over in 1928.
Two signature combinations exist across the life of the issue, with Joseph Brennan serving as Currency Commissioner throughout both periods while the second signatory changed from J.J. Gubbins to J.J. Hosford in early 1936. Notes from the shorter first signature period are considerably harder to locate in collectable condition.