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10 Pounds Northern Bank
| Issuer | Northern Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1929 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Blue-tinted note with ornate guilloche borders flanking a central vignette of a tall sailing ship at sea. The bank's full title arches above in letterpress, with the bold overprint TEN spanning the centre and BELFAST along the lower margin. Serial numbers are printed in red at either side of the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | Northern Bank Limited Formerly Northern Banking Company Limited I promise to pay the bearer on demand at the bank or any of its branches Ten Pounds British, value received, Belfast |
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Northern Bank Limited occupied an unusual position in the Irish banking landscape of the 1920s — it was one of the few banks issuing sterling-denominated notes in Northern Ireland following partition in 1921, operating under a regulatory framework that differed sharply from both the Free State and the Bank of England. The 1929 date places this note squarely in the post-partition consolidation period, when Ulster's commercial banks were quietly cementing their note-issuing rights under the Currency Act (Northern Ireland) 1928.
Ten-pound notes from provincial Irish banks of this period survive in very small numbers. The denomination saw limited day-to-day use and was frequently returned to the issuing branch rather than passing through multiple hands.