Limited Edition Legal Tender George Best £5 Fiver Bank Note

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Offer Guide Offers placed within this guide will be accepted subject to being higher than other offers, any reserves, and availability. The notes feature images of the footballer in his Manchester United and Northern Ireland strips and will be distributed by the Ulster Bank. All of the main paramilitary groups have engaged in counterfeiting since the Troubles erupted in 1969. The US government is trying to extradite Workers' Party president and former Official IRA leader Sean Garland from Ireland.

Best fans from around the world were clamouring for the souvenirs, which became available through Ulster Bank branches in Northern Ireland from 27th November. We are also aware that there are so many forgeries out there of items that carry George’s signature. However it is the largely dormant Official IRA that is known to run the most sophisticated counterfeit operations. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy.The transplant was performed at public expense on the NHS, a decision which was controversial due to Best's alcoholism.

Very sought after collectible and would make a fantastic Christmas present to any collector or George Best fan. He did well but there is no guarantee other forgeries have been passing through the system or even sold online since then.

He added that with 1,000,000 of the notes being printed those interested should not have to pay more than the face value - unless they were being auctioned by a registered charity. And last year he was handed a five-month jail sentence when he appeared before Armagh Magistrates Court charged with driving while disqualified, having no vehicle test certificate and no insurance.

Flybe, the airline that operates out of the east Belfast airport, has painted Best's image on one of the planes it flies to Manchester. The note itself was sold commercially in numbered folders and remains the most popular commemorative banknote ever produced in the UK. It is your sole responsibility to comply with all export and import regulations relating to your purchases and also to obtain any relevant export and/or import licence(s). You may leave a maximum bid which will instruct the computer to bid on your behalf only as much as required for you to remain the highest bidder up until your limit.

The limited special edition bank notes, brought out by Ulster Bank on the first anniversary of Best’s death, were launched at a special ceremony in which George’s sister Barbara McNarry was given the first in a million-note run and her father Dickie was given the final note, bearing the serial number 1000000. On 2 February 2004, Best was convicted of another drink-driving offence and banned from driving for 20 months. Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Everybody has heard of George Best, a lot of kids love football, it’s relevant, it means something to people. A spokesman for the Ulster Bank said the genuine notes have serial numbers that all start with 'GB', the players' initials.

If this item contains incorrect or inappropriate information please contact us here to flag it for review. All lots are available to view in our Montgomery Street saleroom throughout, Monday to Friday (9am - 5pm). Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections—they may also appear in recommendations and other places.One woman said: I'm getting them for my mum and my son and for relatives in Canada and for everybody I can think of. He then helped the "Red Devils" to share the Charity Shield with a 3–3 draw with FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur; it was the first game to be broadcast in colour on British television. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Marking the first anniversary of the death of George Best, the Ulster Bank is producing one million five pound notes to commemorate the Belfast soccer star.