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10 Shillings
| Issuer | Currency Commission Ireland |
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| Year | 1938-1939 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Lady Hazel Lavery in three-quarter view at left, set within an oval vignette with ornate guilloche surround, printed in red-orange intaglio on a pale green underprint. The denomination '10/-' appears at each corner alongside the bilingual title 'CURRENCY COMMISSION IRELAND / COIMISIÚN AIRGID REATHA ÉIRE', with two manuscript signatures below the 'LEGAL TENDER NOTE / NÓTA DLÍ-THAIRGTHE' panel. Serial number and date appear in the lower section. |
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| Reverse description | Central vignette of a bearded male river god face — representing the River Blackwater spirit — set within an elaborate cartouche with Celtic interlace borders, printed in red-orange on a pale green guilloche underprint. The composition is flanked by large symmetrical blank panels framed with intricate ornamental scrollwork, giving the reverse a bold, classically inspired design entirely devoid of text. |
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| Protection description | Lady Hazel Lavery portrait, matching the obverse vignette |
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