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50 Pounds
| Issuer | Northern Bank Limited |
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| Year | 1918 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bold letterpress denomination FIFTY POUNDS at centre, overprinted in large intaglio letters across a vignette of a sailing vessel at sea, with the bank title NORTHERN BANK LIMITED across the top and the former title NORTHERN BANKING COMPANY LIMITED immediately below. Ornate guilloche rosettes bearing the word FIFTY in letterpress flank both left and right margins, while the upper border is filled with a continuous typeset legend of Irish town names extending from Armagh to Whitehead. The note bears a manuscript date of 1918 alongside a single manuscript signature and the imprint Northern Banking Company Limited at lower centre. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in blue-violet and composed entirely of intricate guilloche ornament arranged in three large circular rosettes across the horizontal field. The central rosette contains an interlaced cypher of the bank's initials within a fine latticework ground, while the left and right rosettes each bear the numeral 50 within their centres. No text inscription appears on the reverse. |
| Reverse lettering | 50 50 |
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