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100 Pounds Belfast Banking Company
| Issuer | Belfast Banking Company Limited |
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| Year | 1923-1968 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1929-date) |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and grey intaglio on white paper, the face is enclosed within an intricate guilloche border, with the bank's armorial bearings in a central oval vignette at the top, supported by two lions, and provincial arms vignettes occupying the lower corners. The title BELFAST BANKING COMPANY LIMITED is set in bold letterpress across the upper field, with the denomination £100 positioned in each upper corner; the legend ONE HUNDRED is rendered in a large red overprint across the centre. The place of issue BELFAST and date appear at lower left, beneath the promise-to-pay text. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is executed entirely in red-pink on white paper, the composition consisting of a dense, symmetrical guilloche pattern arranged within a central rectangular panel framed by ornamental borders. The bank name BELFAST BANKING COMPANY LIMITED is inscribed within a central cartouche, while the denomination numeral 100 and the legend ONE HUNDRED are repeated across the four quadrant panels formed by the interlocking guilloche rosettes. |
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The Belfast Banking Company Limited was absorbed into the Northern Bank in 1970, making the tail end of this note's issue period a transitional one — later-dated examples from the 1960s were being printed even as the institution's independence was effectively numbered. The series ran for an unusually long forty-five years without a fundamental design change, a reflection of conservative Northern Irish banking practice rather than any printing economy.
At £100, this was a commercial denomination — clearing houses and linen trade settlements, not retail. Genuine circulation survivors are rare for that reason alone; most were retired quickly through inter-bank channels rather than worn down in everyday use.