I recently came across this note and though it odd to have such a large full stamping on the reverse. Then research said Ulster is a Province of Northern Ireland and Donaghadee a sea port on the coast. My Questions are many. Does anyone think it is a legit stamping? Do you think its possible this note traveled to Ireland and back somehow? Does the stamping add value or just a curio? Any comments and/or information welcome. A little twist for me is that Donaghadee is less that 50 mile from Magheraconluce where several generations of my ancestors lived after leaving Scotland and before some of them immigrated to Canada. And then to the USA. Its a small world ...
My guess is someone went into the Ulster Bank to change US currency into £ GBP Among the Fed notes was this Silver Certificate which the teller might have thought odd and not legal tender. Enquiries were made and it was confirmed that it was a legit note. The Ulster bank stamp is like a guarantee. Someone else went into the bank to purchase US Dollars for a trip over to the US, this note was included and spent in the US.
We need to ask Alurid how he obtained this note...what is the series date...your scenario seems logical...thinking it might also been part of a company trade transaction....
Sidney, It's a 1928 A "funny back" silver certificate, which is the first batch of the "small sized" notes. They changed to the current reverse we now have in 1934.
I would agree with the above posts. That note made it to Europe, was stamped and then brought back by someone unknown and spent. When? That's a good question. Added value, I doubt it unless someone collects bank/teller stamped notes.
I was the underbidder on this large-size Tampa National in 2017. It also had a bank stamp on back. The note sold for just over $5K.
Bank stamps are rather common on especially N. Ireland notes from that era, don't forget that that US army had soldiers based in N. Ireland during the early part of WWII. My guess is that a soldier during that time took his dosh in to exchange for quid.
