Manx £1 Note Worth £10,000 to £15,000

The first Manx Bank note ever issued is to go under the hammer this month and is expected to fetch £10,000-15,000.

Noonans Mayfair will be auctioning the note, which dates from 11 November 1882.

Enterred as lot 754; The note is part of a wide variety of banknotes from provincial English banks and ones from Scotland, Ireland and the Crown Dependencies.

Head of the banknotes at Noonans, Andrew Pattison, said: ‘This is an absolutely astonishing note and, in my opinion, the finest Isle of Man note in existence!

‘The imagery on it is iconic, showing locations everyone on the island knows and loves, and the fact that it is serial number one of the issue is a remarkable bonus.’

Carrying the manuscript signature of Sutherland and Callister, the note has a vignette of the Tower of Refuge in Douglas Harbour and is said to be ‘overall good very fine, an absolutely astonishing note’.