FIRST EVER MANX BANKNOTE ISSUED ON THE ISLE OF MAN SELLS FOR A HAMMER PRICE OF £24,000  

The very first Manx Bank note ever issued was sold for a hammer price of £24,000 at Noonans Mayfair in a sale of British and Irish banknotes today (Thursday, March 14, 2024). The £1 note with serial number one dates from November 1882 was decorated with an image of the Tower of Refuge in Douglas harbour and had been expected to fetch £10,000-15,000 [lot 754]. 

As Andrew Pattison, Head of the Banknotes Department at Noonans commented: “This was a truly remarkable note that fetched an equally remarkable price.  The combination of early date, beautiful and evocative design, and serial number one, make this the finest Isle of Man note in existence. Understandably therefore, this a world record for an Isle of Man Banknote by a considerable margin.”