Important Collection of Irish Paper Money formed by Bob Blake (Part I)

Co Cork, Mallow, Mallow Bank, One Pound Sterling, 1 October 1833, no. 3024, for Robert De La Cour, signed by him. Pinholes and a few spots, otherwise very fine (£800-1,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bob Blake Collection of Irish Banknotes.

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This was the last private bank outside Dublin; it was taken over by the Provincial Bank of Ireland in 1835. Robert De La Cour, together with his son, conducted the treasurer’s business for co Cork