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50 Pounds Bank of Ireland
| Issuer | Currency Commission Ireland |
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| Year | 1929-1930 |
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| Printer | Thomas De La Rue & Company, London, United Kingdom |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of a farmer guiding a horse-drawn plough across a field, rendered in fine intaglio engraving in violet and purple tones against a pale guilloche underprint. The denomination £50 appears in large numerals at lower left and lower right, with the issuing authority title THE BANK OF IRELAND in bold letterpress along the lower centre. Bilingual English and Irish text frames the composition, with a facsimile signature of the Chairman of the Currency Commission at upper centre. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of Croagh Patrick, the conical holy mountain in County Mayo, set against a clouded sky with a broad landscape and bay in the foreground, enclosed within an ornate engraved border of interlocking guilloche scrollwork in violet and green. Denomination numerals £50 appear in large ornamental panels at left and right within the border design. |
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| Protection description | a seated figure (Lady Lavery) visible when held to light, embedded in the paper. |
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