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10 Pounds Provincial Bank of Ireland
| Issuer | Provincial Bank of Ireland Limited |
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| Year | 1948 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in rose-red and olive-green on a fine guilloche underprint, with a central vignette of the Provincial Bank of Ireland building in Belfast set within an ornate frame flanked by medallic panels bearing the word TEN. The bank title PROVINCIAL BANK OF IRELAND LIMITED runs across the top, with the legend UNLIMITED FOR NOTE ISSUE and ESTABLISHED A.D. 1825 below it. A large intaglio numeral 10 in stylised script occupies the lower centre, with the date, serial numbers, promise-to-pay text, and a manuscript signature completing the face. |
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| Reverse lettering | Established A.D. 1825 |
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The Provincial Bank of Ireland was a London-incorporated institution that operated across Ireland from 1825, with its branch network concentrated outside Dublin — which was largely Ulster Bank and Bank of Ireland territory. By 1948 the bank was still issuing its own notes under the Currency Act provisions that permitted legacy Irish commercial banks to continue circulation rights, even as the Currency Commission and later the Central Bank of Ireland steadily consolidated control.
De La Rue produced the high-denomination notes for most of the Irish commercial banks during this period. Ten pound notes from any Irish private bank in 1948 were low-circulation instruments — used for trade settlements and large commercial transactions, not retail spending. Attrition rates were correspondingly lower than smaller denominations, but office handling and folding for ledger filing left their mark.
The Provincial Bank was absorbed into Allied Irish Banks in 1966.