10 Shillings

10 Shillings - obverse10 Shillings - reverse

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Features

Issuer Ireland
Issuing bank Central Bank of Ireland (Banc Ceannais na hÉireann)
Period Republic (1937-date)
Type Standard banknote
Years 1962-1968
Value 10 Shillings (10 Scillinge) (½)
Currency Pound (1826-1971)
Composition Paper
Size 138 × 78 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
223121
References P# 63
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

Lady Hazel Lavery

Lettering:
The Central Bank of Ireland
Banc Ceannais na hÉireann
Legal Tender Note
Nóta Dlí-Thairgthe
Ten Shllings
Deich Scillinge

Reverse

River Blackwater water spirit

Printer

De La Rue (Thomas de la Rue; Thomas De La Rue & Co.; TDLR), London, United Kingdom (1821-date)

Comments

For similar notes see P#1A, P#1B, P#1C, P#1D and P#56.
Currency Commission Irish Free State: P#1A
Currency Commission Ireland without war code letters: P#1B
Currency Commission Ireland with war code letters: P#1C
Central Bank of Ireland with promise to pay in London and war code letters: P#1D
Central Bank of Ireland with promise to pay in London, without war code letters: P#56

A full listing of all 231 dates for Irish Ten Shilling Notes is in the Irish Legal Tender Notes, View by Date section of irishpapermoney.com, along with an image of every date except one. A 10 Shilling note dated 15.5.45 remains to be recorded.

More information on the design of the Irish 10 shilling note can be found on www.irishpapermoney.com.

Irish Legal Tender Notes, ‘Lady Lavery’ Series A, circulated in the Irish Free State and Republic of Ireland from 1928 to 1977, and had seven signature varieties. The 10 Shilling notes had only four signature varieties up to their final issue in 1968.

The 10 Shilling denomination was discontinued when decimalisation was introduced on 15 February 1971.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1962-Jan-03  Photo $ 33 26%
1963-Jun-19  11%
1964-Apr-06  14%
1965-Oct-07  15%
1966-May-25  Photo $ 27 $ 36 $ 46 12%
1968-Jun-06  $ 22 41%

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 71
Lot 2315
Internet Archive
30 Nov 2022 1962-Jan-03 XF USD 44.23
(EUR 41.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 59
Lot 2197
Internet Archive
23 Apr 2022 1962-Jan-03 XF USD 21.58
(EUR 20.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 102
Lot 2047
Internet Archive
28 Nov 2023 1966-May-25 UNC USD 28.05
(EUR 26.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 93
Lot 1854
Internet Archive
24 Aug 2023 1966-May-25 UNC USD 47.47
(EUR 44.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 78
Lot 1415
Internet Archive
1 Mar 2023 1966-May-25 UNC USD 46.39
(EUR 43.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 1741
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 1966-May-25 XF USD 29.13
(EUR 27.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 10 ShillingsPicture 1 of a sold 10 Shillings
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 1984
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 1966-May-25 XF USD 26.97
(EUR 25.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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