Limited Edition Legal Tender George Best £5 Fiver Bank Note

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Despite the demand the Ulster Bank says nobody should have to pay more than the face value for the Best fiver. 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. This will only apply when a bid of the same maximum value is placed on the same lot by another person.

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He became suspicious when he saw the notes and immediately contacted the Ulster Bank,' said one senior detective. The George Best Foundation — run by George’s sister Barbara and her husband Norman McNarry — was aware that forgers were cashing in on the charity notes and had little sympathy for the counterfeiter who faces jail for ripping off Bestie’s memory. At the end of July and start of August 2002, he had a successful liver transplant at the private Cromwell Hospital in London. If a bid is placed in the final minute of the auction, the lot's end time will be extended back up to 60 seconds. Jailing Lennon for counterfeiting, District Judge Paul Copeland said: “This is an extremely serious matter and the type of theft that has far-reaching implications, as you well know, being steeped in the production of these illegal items for some time.Among the brand names he was ripping off were Virgin, Universal, Warner Bros, 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Dolce and Gabbanna, Armani and Lacoste. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centers that host Etsy.

Career criminal Kenneth Lennon was running a scam selling fake Ulster Bank fivers — made to commemorate the tragic Manchester United star — from his south Armagh home. Everybody has heard of George Best, a lot of kids love football, it’s relevant, it means something to people. The commemorative notes have been valuable to the foundation and they are very valuable to individual charities that use them to raise funds. But bootlegger Lennon was producing his own ‘bank notes’ on sophisticated printing equipment he had installed at his Camlough home to line his own pockets. But, as his lawyer argued for leniency, the shameless bootlegger was standing just feet away in the dock of Newry Magistrates Court wearing one of the rip-off Fred Perry tracksuits that was about to earn him one of 20 concurrent four-month jail terms!At Newry Magistrates Court last week, Lennon pleaded guilty to 19 counts of counterfeiting goods and one count of possessing fake currency. 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.

We are also aware that there are so many forgeries out there of items that carry George’s signature. All of the main paramilitary groups have engaged in counterfeiting since the Troubles erupted in 1969. 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. According to his lawyer, when he was caught out Lennon let on he regretted running the illegal business “to earn a few extra pounds for his family”. 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).It appears to me you were engaged on a substantial commercial basis, the phrase ‘factory’ shows it was a dedicated and productive process you have been on.