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The Bob Blake Collection of Irish Banknotes

Collection Information

This collection was sold in 8 parts:

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Lot 288, 24 Oct 12

Co ANTRIM, Belfast, Belfast Commercial Bank, Twenty Five Shillings [One Pound, Seven Shillings and One Penny Irish], 18—, for William Tennent, Robert Callwell, James Luke & John Thomson (PB 29H). Very light staining on the back, otherwise good extremely fine £400-500

Lot 288, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £580

Lot 289, 24 Oct 12

Co CAVAN, Kingscourt, Bank of Kingscourt, One Guinea, 7 April 1809, nos. X/D 86703 and 7/102, Entd. ‘Bank of Ireland’ at lower left (PB 265). Mounted on corners to backing paper, good very fine £200-250

Lot 289, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £200

Lot 290, 24 Oct 12

Co Dublin, Dublin, Ffrenchs Bank, One Pound, Five Shillings, 24 June 1813, no. 2942, for Hon. Charles Ffrench, Henry Taaffe, Michael Morris, William Keary, Hon. Thomas Ffrench & Hon. Martin Ffrench (PB 149C). Bankruptcy stamp on front, pinholes and right edge worn, otherwise about very fine £150-200

Lot 290, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £150

Lot 291, 24 Oct 12

Co Dublin, Dublin, Gibbons & Williams, Thirty Shillings, 1 September 1833, no. 696 (PB 159). Many endorsements on both sides, foxing, pinholes and missing part of top right corner, otherwise very good £80-100

Lot 291, 24 Oct 12

Unsold

Lot 292, 24 Oct 12

Co Galway, Galway, Galway Bank, Thirty Shillings, 4 June 1813, no. 440, contemporary forgery on bank of John Joyce and Francis Blake, with imitation signature of Francis Blake, ‘Forgery’ inscribed across front. Two strips of backing paper, one covering missing piece on right side, otherwise very good £100-150

Lot 292, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £270

Lot 293, 24 Oct 12

Co Galway, Galway, Galway Bank, Thirty Shillings, 18—, unissued, for John Joyce and Francis Blake. Two small holes in left side, a 10mm tear and two small pieces out of bottom edge, otherwise good fine £100-150

Lot 293, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £90

Lot 294, 24 Oct 12

Co Kerry, Killarney, William Murphy, Sixpence-Halfpenny, 7 March 1797, number no longer visible, signed by William Murphy (Blake and Callaway p.86, this note illustrated). Pinholes and edge nicks, otherwise very good £200-250

Lot 294, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £160

Lot 295, 24 Oct 12

Co KERRY, Killarney, William Murphy, Three British Shillings, 17 March 1797, no. 6240, signed by William Murphy (Blake and Callaway p.86, this note illustrated). Tears on left side and missing strip at bottom left, otherwise very good £200-250

Lot 295, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £190

Lot 296, 24 Oct 12

Co Limerick, Limerick, Bank of Limerick, Five Pounds, 30 November 1819, no. 38, for George Maunsell, John Kennedy and Robert Hedges Maunsell, signed by R.H. Maunsell (PB 276). Split and rejoined at centre, repair on back covering hole at centre, otherwise good fine to very fine £150-200

Lot 296, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £110

Lot 297, 24 Oct 12

Co Limerick, Limerick, Roche’s Bank, Bank Post Bill, Four Guineas (Four Pounds, Eleven Shillings), unissued, 18—, for Thomas Roche & William Roche (PB 279). Piece out of bottom edge and a couple of spots of thinning, otherwise good very fine £200-250

Lot 297, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £160

Lot 298, 24 Oct 12

Co Waterford, Waterford, Waterford Bank, Two Guineas [Two Pounds, Five Shillings & Sixpence], 1 January 1808, no. 818, for Abram Atkins, Nicolas Britiffe Skottowe and Richard Roberts, signed by N.B. Skottowe (PB 334). Pinholes and endorsements on back, otherwise fine £600-800

Lot 298, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £410

Lot 299, 24 Oct 12

Co Waterford, Waterford Bank, Thee Pounds, 1 October 1809, D 146, for Abram Atkins, Nicholas Britiffe Skottowe & Richard Roberts, signed by N.B. Skottowe (PB 334). Good fine £350-400

Lot 299, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £370

Lot 300, 24 Oct 12

Co Wexford, New Ross, Ross Bank, Four Guineas, 1 September 1814, no. 288, for Peter Roe, unsigned and unissued (PB 317). Good fine £80-100

Lot 300, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £70

Lot 301, 24 Oct 12

One Pound, 4 January 1842, C/A 48827, single signature at bottom (BA 31). Good fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000

Lot 301, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £4,600

Lot 302, 24 Oct 12

One Pound, uniface proof on watermarked paper, pencilled 'Feb. 1886' at top left, V-section cut from bottom centre (cf. Pick A20/25). Small hole at upper left, otherwise good very fine to about extremely fine £150-200

Lot 302, 24 Oct 12

Unsold

Lot 303, 24 Oct 12

One Hundred Pounds [1985], A 074500, signature of D.J. Harrison (BA 126; Pick 68b). Uncirculated £250-300

Lot 303, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £340

Lot 304, 24 Oct 12

Fifty Pounds, uniface black and white printer’s proof on paper, 5 April 2004 (cf. BA 139; Pick 82). About uncirculated £200-250

Lot 304, 24 Oct 12

Unsold

Lot 305, 24 Oct 12

One Pound, proof on paper, fully printed on both sides, perforated cancelled twice (BB 46b; Pick –); together with a proof vignette of the bank arms [2]. Proof about uncirculated, vignette with light foxing, extremely fine £250-300

Lot 305, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £150

Lot 306, 24 Oct 12

Ten Pounds, 6 July 1916, O 239, signature of J.P. Gorman (BB 53d; Pick A52). Pinholes, otherwise very fine or better £1,500-2,000

Lot 306, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £1,300

Lot 307, 24 Oct 12

Fifty Pounds, proof on paper, perforated specimen c. skipper & east at lower right (BB 56; Pick -). Staining at top left corner, otherwise extremely fine £300-350

Lot 307, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £150

Lot 308, 24 Oct 12

Fifty Pounds, 7 December 1917, A 9236, signature of R. MacDonald (BB 57b; Pick A54). A few nicks in top edge, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £4,000-5,000

Lot 308, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £3,300

Lot 309, 24 Oct 12

Five Pounds, 6 January 1966, E/C 00090, signature of E. Williamson (BB 70; Pick 127c). Good very fine to extremely fine £60-80

Lot 309, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £90

Lot 310, 24 Oct 12

Twenty Pounds, 3 February 1943, E 5388, signature of J.T.B. McFadden (BB 79; Pick 129c). Missing top left corner tip, numbers and a few marks on back, otherwise good very fine £90-120

Lot 310, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £130

Lot 311, 24 Oct 12

One Hundred Pounds, 3 January 1923, A 4312, signature of G.B. Smyth (BB 87; Pick 131a). Good extremely fine £800-1,000

Lot 311, 24 Oct 12

Sold for £900

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