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5 Pounds Northern Bank
| Issuer | Currency Commission Ireland |
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| Year | 1929-1933 |
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| Reference(s) | P#33 |
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| Obverse lettering | Currency Commission Consolidated Bank Note Coimisiún Airgid Reatha Nóta Bainc Có-Dhlúite Five Pounds Cúig Puint Payable at the Principle Office in Dublin of Tá so iníoctha ag an bPríomh-Oifig i mBaile Átha Cliath de The Northern Bank Limited |
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| Signature(s) | 06.05.1929 - Brennan & Knox 19.01.1931, 08.05.1931 & 01.03.1933 - Brennan & Stewart |
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The Currency Commission was established by the Irish Free State in 1927 to manage a consolidated currency system in which the commercial banks — including Northern Bank — retained the right to issue their own notes, but only under strict Commission oversight and backed by sterling assets held in London. This arrangement made the Irish pound a de facto sterling equivalent, and these notes circulated alongside British currency without meaningful distinction in daily trade.
The Knox-to-Stewart signature transition reflects the death of Joseph Brennan's co-signatory mid-series — not a change in policy, simply an administrative succession within the Commission's secretariat.