page_title: Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank
section_title: Banknotes
hierarchical_section_title: Aberystwyth and Tregaron Bank / Banknotes
caption_attribution_description: Cymraeg: Banc y Ddafad Ddu, dwy bunt
context_page_description: The bank officially known as the Aberystwith and Tregaron Bank was established at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire in the beginning of the 19th century and was locally known as ‘Banc y Ddafad Ddu’, because the bank notes were imprinted with an engraving of a black sheep. The Bank later established a branch at Tregaron
  In the 1960s and 1970s the Bank's notes inspired a Mr Richard Williams to imitate them.
context_section_description: The notes were issued for ten shillings, £1, £2 and up to £10. The number of sheep on the engraving corresponded to the number of pounds represented by the bank note, though the £5 and £10 notes bore respectively one ram and two rams. The ten shilling note was decorated with an illustration of a lamb.
  The earliest note appears to have been issued on 1 October 1810 and bears the signature of William Davies on behalf of Evans, Jones, Davies & Co.  A number of notes have been preserved signed either by John Evans or William Davies. The notes are all dated within the period 1810 to 1814.
  Original Black Sheep bank notes are held by the British Museum, and Ceredigion Museum. Llanidloes Museum holds original promissory notes issued by the Bank.
caption: Banknote of the Aberystwith and Tregaron Bank
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