First Manx bank note sells for £24k at auction

The rare note was issued in November 1882

The first ever Isle of Man bank note has sold at auction in London for £24,000 making it a record sale.

The sale of the the £1 note smashed estimates of between £10,000 and £15,000 when it went under the hammer at Noonans Mayfair.

Head of the banknotes department, Andrew Pattison, said it was "a truly remarkable note that fetched an equally remarkable price".

"The combination of early date, beautiful and evocative design, and serial number one, makes this the finest Isle of Man note in existence," he added.

"Understandably therefore, this a world record for an Isle of Man Banknote by a considerable margin”, he said.

Vignettes of well known Manx locations feature on the note

Issued in November 1882, it features vignettes of the Tower of Refuge, the Laxey Wheel and the Albert Tower in Ramsey.

The lot featured in an auction of hundreds of British and Irish bank notes, which included notes from Jersey and Guernsey.

Mr Pattison previously said around 30,000 of the notes were issued between 1882 and 1900 and "no others have survived, as far as we're aware".