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| Issuer | Bank of Ireland |
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| Year | 1991-1993 |
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| Size | 150 x 80 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | Bank of Ireland I promise to pay the bearer on demand Twenty Pounds Sterling For the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland Belfast Donegall Place Manager |
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| Reverse lettering | Bank of Ireland Twenty Pounds The Queen's University of Belfast |
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The Bank of Ireland's Belfast operation issued this note under the terms of the Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845, which governs note-issuing rights for the Irish commercial banks in Northern Ireland — a separate legal framework from the Republic's Central Bank Act. The 1991–1993 dating window corresponds to a transitional period when Irish commercial banks were rationalizing their Northern Irish note programs ahead of broader regulatory changes in the UK.
Belfast printing for a Bank of Ireland note is worth flagging: the bank's Republic-issued notes were produced under different arrangements, making the Northern Irish series a distinct issuance in legal and logistical terms, not merely a geographic variation.