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1 Pound Provincial Bank of Ireland
| Issuer | Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited |
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| Year | 1954-1965 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse description | A central oval vignette presents a classical female bust in profile facing left, veiled and wearing a wreath, set within a fine guilloche border. Pound sterling symbols flank the vignette on either side, with the bank title at top and the promise-to-pay legend in script across the lower half. The note is printed in olive-green tones with a lightly engraved overall design typical of De La Rue production of the period. |
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| Obverse lettering | Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited Established 1825 Unlimited for Note Issue I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand One Pound at Belfast For Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited |
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The Provincial Bank of Ireland was founded in 1825 specifically to extend branch banking across rural Ireland at a time when the Bank of Ireland's charter restricted it to Dublin. By the 1950s the bank had operated continuously for well over a century, but its days as an independent issuer were numbered — it merged with the Royal Bank of Ireland in 1966 to form Allied Irish Banks, ending the Provincial's note-issuing history entirely.
De La Rue's production of this series was routine work for a printer that handled much of Ireland's commercial bank output during this period. The watermark remains the sole mechanical security feature on a note that was already approaching the end of its issuing lifespan when the later dates in this range were struck.