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100 Pounds Ulster Bank
| Issuer | Ulster Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1941-1943 |
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| Value | 100 Pounds |
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| Obverse description | Printed in dark green and black on white paper, the obverse carries the bank title 'Ulster Bank Limited' in large gothic lettering across the top, with 'Belfast' along the lower margin and a 'Northern Ireland Issue' inscription above a central oval cartouche enclosing a sailing ship under full sail. Denomination numerals '100' appear at the four corners within elaborate guilloche ornamental borders, while a large blue underprint of '100' in stylised numerals occupies the centre of the note. A manuscript promise-to-pay text and handwritten signature are superimposed over the underprint. |
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| Obverse lettering | Ulster Bank Limited Northern Ireland Issue I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand One Hundred Pounds Sterling at the Head Office of the Bank in Belfast For the Ulster Bank Limited Belfast |
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Ulster Bank's wartime £100 notes occupy a specific and uncomfortable niche in Irish banking history. The denomination was almost entirely a commercial instrument — clearing large mercantile debts, not retail transactions — and the 1941–1943 dating places this series squarely within the wartime restrictions that complicated cross-border currency movement between Northern Ireland and the Free State.
One detail worth flagging: Charles Skipper & East is typically associated with London production. Any attribution placing the press in Northern Ireland should be treated cautiously — it may reflect the bank's registered territory rather than verified print location.