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5 Pounds Belfast Banking Company
| Issuer | Belfast Banking Company Limited |
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| Year | 1918 |
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| Composition | Paper |
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| Obverse lettering | Belfast Banking Company Limited I Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand here or at the Coy`s Branches Five Pounds Belfast For the Belfast Banking Company Limited Five Pounds Established 1827. Incorporated 1865. |
| Reverse description | Plain cream field with four large circular guilloche rosettes positioned at each corner in blue. A central rectangular guilloche panel carries the issuer name in bold letterpress, framed above and below by the word FIVE in serif capitals. |
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The Belfast Banking Company Limited was one of the older joint-stock banks operating in Ulster, founded in 1827 and eventually absorbed into the Midland Bank group in 1917 — meaning this 1918 note was issued almost immediately after that acquisition, while the old name and branding were still in use during the transition period.
Charles Skipper & East handled much of the Irish provincial bank printing business from London through this period. The firm's engraved work for Ulster banks is generally fine, though the Belfast Banking Company series is less studied than the concurrent output for Bank of Ireland or Ulster Bank.