Nice notes! And it was a nice design, show a beautiful Irish “Colleen”. I have seen these notes go up to £100 punt.
I have a lot of Irish coins, but my only note is a worn pound from 1985!
There was an earlier design used between 1922 and 1940 showing a Ploughman and more Irish text on it.
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Yes.i am too young to remember those. But these notes are very expensive over here. I am looking forward to getting the ten pounds but it's about 60+ euro for an average condition one and up to 100 euro for an xf or better.
I really like the Ploughman series but only have the most common Bank of Ireland 1 Pound example (which has decent eye appeal). The other chartered banks are the tough ones:
The Lady Lavery series is nice too but you have to try to get some of their early series (war codes & 1950 issues) if you want some tough ones. I think its interesting that Hazel Martyn was an American artist & yet everyone who's seen her portrait on the notes thought of her as an Irish lady. I have the easy 1968 10/- a One Pound with mulberry coloured serial & 5 pound replacement, but my favourite is my “tenner.” Would love to get a 20 someday.
Hibernia here started the most informative site at Irish Paper Money. Check it out if you want to learn more about the story behind banknotes of Ireland.
I don't know why, but I always assumed it was a totally fanciful picture. Perhaps because some of the NI ones do (First Trust notes? Bit hazy in details).
Never even knew it was a real person of historic note (as opposed to a “nameless” model).
The Lavery notes are my favourite of all Irish notes.
Here is one of my better tenners.
On the notes, she faces in the opposite direction to the painting.
The Central Bank of Ireland owns the painting, having bought it early on, to ensure copyright of the image. Once the Euro was introduced in Ireland in 2002, the painting was put on public display.
I really like the Ploughman series but only have the most common Bank of Ireland 1 Pound example (which has decent eye appeal). The other chartered banks are the tough ones:
The Lady Lavery series is nice too but you have to try to get some of their early series (war codes & 1950 issues) if you want some tough ones. I think its interesting that Hazel Martyn was an American artist & yet everyone who's seen her portrait on the notes thought of her as an Irish lady. I have the easy 1968 10/- a One Pound with mulberry coloured serial & 5 pound replacement, but my favourite is my “tenner.” Would love to get a 20 someday.
Hibernia here started the most informative site at Irish Paper Money. Check it out if you want to learn more about the story behind banknotes of Ireland.
Beautiful notes, the older one shows Customs House in Dublin (1770s) and later note has the Green Man carved on the cornices of the 1798 Parliament building by Grattan.
Noticed Lady Lavery had the name “Houlihan” wondering if she was related to Hot lips Houlihan?
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
I really like the Ploughman series but only have the most common Bank of Ireland 1 Pound example (which has decent eye appeal). The other chartered banks are the tough ones:
The Lady Lavery series is nice too but you have to try to get some of their early series (war codes & 1950 issues) if you want some tough ones. I think its interesting that Hazel Martyn was an American artist & yet everyone who's seen her portrait on the notes thought of her as an Irish lady. I have the easy 1968 10/- a One Pound with mulberry coloured serial & 5 pound replacement, but my favourite is my “tenner.” Would love to get a 20 someday.
Hibernia here started the most informative site at Irish Paper Money. Check it out if you want to learn more about the story behind banknotes of Ireland.
Beautiful notes, the older one shows Customs House in Dublin (1770s) and later note has the Green Man carved on the cornices of the 1798 Parliament building by Grattan.
I think you are referring to the River masks on the reverse of the Lady Lavery notes.
The River Masks were sculpted in the eighteenth century by Edward Smith and are on the facade of the Custom House, Dublin, not the Parliament building. There is a list of the river masks used on the notes here on a page about the Lady Lavery notes. The old Parliament building in Dublin is on College Green, and was sold to the Bank of Ireland in 1803.
The Custom House is the building on the back of Serial_Number_8’s 1933 note.
They are called the Ploughman series - there is a page on them here: Irish Ploughman series. They were first issued in 1929.
Here is a first date of issue £1 note: 10.9.28, one from my collection.
The title of the Issuing Authority started out as ‘Currency Commission Irish Free State’.
This title evolved along with political changes.
The first difference in the banknotes was in 1929, when the fractional prefix was changed to a linear prefix on all notes. A small change, but very important for collectors like us, as we need an example of each prefix!!
EDIT: Here is a pic of the river masks used on the back of each of the Lavery notes (sorry, I can't find the colour version right now).
I really like the Ploughman series but only have the most common Bank of Ireland 1 Pound example (which has decent eye appeal). The other chartered banks are the tough ones:
The Lady Lavery series is nice too but you have to try to get some of their early series (war codes & 1950 issues) if you want some tough ones. I think its interesting that Hazel Martyn was an American artist & yet everyone who's seen her portrait on the notes thought of her as an Irish lady. I have the easy 1968 10/- a One Pound with mulberry coloured serial & 5 pound replacement, but my favourite is my “tenner.” Would love to get a 20 someday.
Hibernia here started the most informative site at Irish Paper Money. Check it out if you want to learn more about the story behind banknotes of Ireland.
Beautiful notes, the older one shows Customs House in Dublin (1770s) and later note has the Green Man carved on the cornices of the 1798 Parliament building by Grattan.
I think you are referring to the River masks on the reverse of the Lady Lavery notes.
The River Masks were sculpted in the eighteenth century by Edward Smith and are on the facade of the Custom House, Dublin, not the Parliament building. There is a list of the river masks used on the notes here on a page about the Lady Lavery notes. The old Parliament building in Dublin is on College Green, and was sold to the Bank of Ireland in 1803.
The Custom House is the building on the back of Serial_Number_8’s 1933 note.
They are called the Ploughman series - there is a page on them here: Irish Ploughman series. They were first issued in 1929.
Whoops got some facts wrong but GENERALLY was barking up the right tree. Thanks for the information. I got “Green man” as those masks represented ancient river gods of the Celtic era, it was known that British celts also worshipped these river gods and sacrificed metal objects to them like shields, swords etc in the Bronze and Iron Ages. Some modern Wicca and Pagan movements also worship them, along with tree gods.
I love coins. Especially silver, gold and anything really old.
Member of the Royal Numismatic Society of New Zealand and the Auckland Numismatic Society
