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1.000 Dollars
| Issuer | Dominion of Canada |
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| Year | 1925 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMINION OF CANADA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER OTTAWA JAN. 2ND 1925 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS 1000 COUNTERSIGNED FOR MINISTER OF FINANCE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in orange and features a highly ornate guilloche pattern with a large central medallion bearing the numeral '$1000' in bold intaglio script, surrounded by intricate lathe-work rosettes and repeating arabesque scrollwork. Denomination numerals '1000' appear in counter ovals at the lower left and right, with corner medallions bearing the letter 'M' repeated throughout the border. The inscriptions 'DOMINION' and 'CANADA' appear at lower left and right respectively. |
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The Dominion of Canada $1,000 of 1925 is among the rarest high-denomination notes in Canadian paper money. These were not issued for retail commerce — they served as instruments for large-scale interbank settlements and government transfers, and very few left the vaults in any meaningful sense. The countersignature requirement added a layer of accountability that was standard for high-value Dominion issues of this period, with authorized officials signing individually before a note could be considered valid.
Surviving examples are extraordinarily scarce. Most were redeemed and destroyed as electronic clearing displaced large-denomination paper instruments through the mid-twentieth century.