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The Belfast Banking Company
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Belfast Banking Company multibranch General Issue
Series B. [1851-1920] Multi-branch General IssueAll the branches of the bank are listed on each banknote in two wide columns on the left and the right. The number of branches listed varies over time, with 37 branches listed on a £1 dated 5.12.05, rising to 42 branches on a £1 dated 6.1.16. The vertical spacing between branches is reduced on later notes (Type D) to make room for extra branches as the need arises. DERRY is changed to LONDONDERRY sometime between 1905 and 1909. Six Types of Belfast Banking Company banknotes by design variationThere are five Types by major design variation for Series B banknotes, which divide into several variations as listed below. There are many signature variations, and it is likely that other as yet unrecorded signatures exist on notes of all Types. Banknotes prior to Type D are generally rare.
Six Types Type A. 1851. Belfast Banking Company. First multibranch General Issue design. Type B. 1879. Reverse printing introducedBlue back now printed on all notes. Type C. 1883. Bank title changed to Belfast Banking Company Limited35 branches. Type D. 1893. BELFAST DUBLIN added to all notes as principal offices of paymentDesign similar to Type C. Type E. 1905. Belfast Banking Company £1 Notes redesignedAddition of blue central panel, ca.1905; and then, ca.1912, removal of underprint in signature panel. Type F. 1917. Gaps between branch bars removedThis design alteration created more room for branches. 44 57 branches listed.
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