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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 725972, member: 12789&quot;]The quid has a bit of rust on it, but is rather typical for condition from NI during that era - notes saw long long circulation.&nbsp; The tenner is pretty nice but I would love to see a reverse image of the note - that is where most of the condition is determined from my perspective because it is where the paper breaks from circulation appear first.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Provincial notes are fascinating because of the depiction of Hibernia seated with Britannia, a vignette that surely would have been impossible to circulate later.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/ireland/provincial11940dtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>NI notes can be very political and as such they were often defaced by one or another parties to the conflict there - making it hard to collect nice original notes without X&#039;s over watermarks etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a decent sized collection of Irish and Northern Irish notes myself, lots of notes with feminine vignettes makes for a great place to collect from when you collect notes with pretty young ladies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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