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10 Pounds Allied Irish Banks
| Issuer | Allied Irish Banks Limited |
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| Year | 1982-1984 |
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| Value | 10 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of a young man in period costume at right within an intaglio vignette, with a row of five county arms arranged along the lower margin. The bank name and promise clause appear across the upper portion, with the denomination in large guilloche-framed lettering at centre. Date and issuing authority inscription appear below the central text. |
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| Reverse description | Central oval vignette in intaglio engraving illustrates the sinking of the Girona, a Spanish Armada galleas wrecked off the Antrim coast, with storm-tossed waves and a stricken vessel rendered in fine detail. To the left, a large ornamental numeral '10' is set within Celtic knotwork border work, and to the lower right a further denomination panel appears within a guilloche underprint. The inscription 'SINKING OF THE GIRONA' appears beneath the central vignette. |
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| Variants | P#3a - 01.01.1982 P#3b - 01.07.1983* * not listed in catalog |
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