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Consolidated Banknotes know as Ploughman’s Notes. Designs for the notes issued by the 8 Banks:-
Bank of Ireland, Hibernian Bank, Munster & Leinster bank, National bank, Northern Bank, Provincial Bank of Ireland, Royal Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank under the auspices of the Currency Commission are virtually identical except for the values, titles and signatures.

Six Denominations offered by The Currency Commission, £1, £5, £10, £50, £100 not all the banks issued all the denominations. The Hibernian, Northernand  Provincial banks decided against issuing £50 and the £100 notes and the National Bank decided against issuing £20, £50 and £100 Notes.

Design:-
The Currency Commission decided on a 'Ploughman’s with a Team of two horses' as the central theme for the obverse on all the denominations, intended to symbolise Ireland's agricultural self-reliance.

One Pound
Reverse:- Customs House, Dublin
Colours:- Green with orange & mauve underprint Obverse - green on mauve underprint Reverse

Five Pounds:-
Reverse:- St. Patrick's Bridge, Cork
Colours:- Brown with green & brown underprint Obverse - brown with mauve underprint Reverse

Ten Pounds
Reverse:- Currency Commission Building, Foster Place, Dublin
Colours:- Blue with green & brown underprint Obverse - brown with mauve Reverse

Twenty Pounds
Reverse: Ruined Monastery on the Rock of Cashel, Co Tipperary
Colours: Red with pink & green underprint Obverse - red with mauve underprint Reverse

Fifty Pounds
Reverse:
View of Croagh Patrick Mountain, Co Mayo
Colours: Mauve with grey & pink underprint Obverse - mauve with green underprint Reverse

One Hundred Pounds
Reverse
: View of Killiney Bay, Co. Dublin
Colours: Olive green with green & brown underprint Obverse - brown with mauve underprint Reverse

All notes in the Ploughman’s series were printed by Thomas De La Rue Limited (no imprint) on paper supplied by Portals. All notes carry the printers signature upper centre of Joseph Brenan for the Currency Commission and lower centre for the relative shareholding banks. The shareholding bank’s name signatories were applied separately, not being part of the basic plate.
1933 NATIONAL BANK LIMITED £5 NOTE * SOLD  *1933 NATIONAL BANK LIMITED £5 NOTE * SOLD *
Ireland Republic - Consolidated Banknotes & Currency Commission - National Bank Limited - 5 Pounds - 1929 to 1939 - 01NK to 04NK Prefix - Brown on green and manve underprint, farmer and plough team at centre obverse - St Patrick's Bridge, Cork city reverse - Yearbook: E026 - Grade: About Very Fine - Small split low right, pinholes at right
£0.00
1938 MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK LIMITED £10 NOTE * PLOUGHMAN'S * SCARCE *1938 MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK LIMITED £10 NOTE * PLOUGHMAN'S * SCARCE *
Ireland Republic - Consolidated Banknotes & Currency Commission - Munster and Leinster Bank Limited - 10 Pounds - 1938 to 1939 - 01MT Prefix - Blue on green and manve underprint, farmer and plough team at centre obverse - Currency Commission Building, Dublin Reverse - Pick: 22b - Grade: Good Fine - slight notches, small tear in margin, scarce
£3,200.00

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