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1 Pound Provincial Bank of Ireland
| Issuer | Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited |
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| Year | 1968-1972 |
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| Value | 1 Pound |
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| Obverse description | Central oval vignette of a veiled female portrait set within a guilloche underprint in olive-brown tones, with the denomination numeral '1' in stylised script to the left and right. The bank's name and founding details appear in letterpress across the upper border, with the promise-to-pay text and 'ONE POUND at Belfast' rendered in cursive script below the vignette. The date and a manuscript signature of the bank's authorised signatory appear at the lower centre and lower right respectively. |
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| Reverse description | A finely engraved vignette of the Provincial Bank of Ireland's classical-style head office building in Belfast occupies the centre of the note, rendered in meticulous intaglio line work. Elaborate guilloche panels flank the central vignette on either side, each incorporating a sterling pound sign within an ornate cartouche. Radiating line patterns extend from the building toward the side panels, giving the composition a formal, symmetrical character. |
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The Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited was absorbed into Allied Irish Banks in 1966, but continued issuing notes under its own name through the transitional period — this note falls squarely in that liminal phase, when the Provincial brand persisted on paper long after its corporate independence had ended. The arrangement was largely cosmetic, allowing existing branch infrastructure and public familiarity to wind down gradually rather than abruptly.
De La Rue's involvement with Irish commercial bank notes during this period was extensive, and the quality of intaglio printing on these late Provincial issues is consistently high. Foxing along the edges is a known weakness in surviving examples, attributed to storage conditions during the early AIB consolidation years.