Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland produced three Series of banknotes in its short existence. There were six types Types between the three series of notes produced, as detailed following.
Series A (1835) Type 1, Type 2.
Series B (1838) Type 1.
Series C (1838-1839) Type 1, Type 2, Type 3.
Agricultural and Commercial Bank, Series A has been recorded for several branch names, but only two denominations have been recorded: £1 notes; and one example of a £10 note, of which only a fragment of a note has been seen.
There are two Types for Series A: Type 1, banknotes with hand-written serial numbers; and Type 2, banknotes with printed serial numbers.
It is likely that a £5 denomination, and probably a £3 denomination also existed for Series A.
Series B Agricultural and Commercial Bank notes were a brief issue around 1838. £1 and £3 notes have been recorded.
Several denominations have been recorded for Agricultural and Commercial Bank Series C: £1, 30 Shillings, 35 Shillings, £3, £5. Other denominations might also have been issued. There are three Types for Series C.
Type C1, handwritten serial number without prefix
Type C2, printed serial number without prefix
Type 3C, printed serial number with prefix
The Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland had 40 branches, and thus started out as quite a large joint stock bank.
Examples of banknotes from many of these branches have survived, and some of these are available for illustration in the section on Agricultural and Commercial Bank of Ireland Branches. Enniscorthy, the head office of the bank, is by far the most commonly seen branch seen among surviving notes and accounts for the bulk of banknotes recorded.
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