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1 Pound National Bank
| Issuer | National Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Value | 1 Pound (1 Punt) |
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| Obverse lettering | The National Bank Limited Unlimited for Note Issue I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand One Pound at Dublin For the Directors and Company |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in green, with the bank's heraldic arms set within an elaborate central cartouche surrounded by intricate guilloche lacework. The denomination '£1' appears in large numerals within separate oval guilloche panels at left and right, the whole design forming a symmetrical, ornate geometric composition. |
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National Bank Limited operated as one of Ireland's principal commercial banks before the partition of the island, and its 1920 series straddles an acutely unstable moment — the War of Independence was well underway, and the political and monetary arrangements that would split Irish banking between two jurisdictions were still two years off. Notes issued in this window circulated across what would soon become a hard border, accepted without question in the south and north alike.
Pick 222B denotes a specific signature variety within the broader 1 Pound series. Condition problems on surviving examples tend to concentrate along horizontal fold lines, a consequence of how these notes were carried in pocket wallets of the period.