Design Features
- Front
- Colour – Purple
- Serial Numbers – font gradually increases in size
- Hologram above vertical serial number and in opposite corner
- Seated lady Hibernia
- Six county shields
- Serial numbers – black horizontal and red vertical
- Date – 1st January 2013
- Signature – S Matchett, Chief Financial Officer UK
- Back
- Vignette of the distillery
Security Features
- Feel
- Paper Quality – Crisp not waxy
- Raised Print – Bank title, denomination, address and signature
- Look
- Watermark – Head of Medusa – right hand side of note beside vertical serial number
- Security Thread – In area of Bank logo when back lit
- See Through – Celtic pattern in watermark area
- Microprinting – ESP on both sides reading Bank of Ireland
- UV/Fluorescence – Phosphorescent barcode blinks in UV light on the front of note. Phosphorescent Bank of Ireland shows in UV light on back of note.
- Move/Tilt
- Hologram – Dual image. Denomination overprint on Bank of Ireland logo. Vertical and right switch images show denomination. Left switch shows Bank of Ireland logo.
- Security Thread Tilt – Denomination appears in bottom left hand corner