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½ Dollar; 1 Écu; 2 Shillings; 6 Pence Jean-Baptiste Clément
| Issuer | Jean-Baptiste Clément (private issuer, Rivière du Chêne) |
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| Year | 1837 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of the reverse die of a United States 50-cent coin, showing the heraldic eagle with shield, olive branch and arrows, inscribed UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 50 C. Bilingual promise-to-pay text in cursive script occupies the lower half, with denomination UN ECU and HALF-A-DOLLAR in display type. Ornate letterpress border with corner medallions frames the note; BAPTISTE CLEMENT printed vertically along the left margin and HALF-A-DOLLAR along the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | UN ECU. HALF-A-DOLLAR Rivier du Chaine 26 aout 1837. A demande, pour valeur recue je promets payer au porteur, en Billets courants des Banques de Montreal, UN ECU, en sommes de pas moins d'une piastre. ON DEMAND for value received, I promise to pay to bearer, in current Bank Notes of Montreal, HALF-A-DOLLAR currency, in sums not less than five shillings. Good for 2s 6d. Starke & Co. Printers, Montreal Bon pour 2s 6d. BAPTISTE CLEMENT HALF A DOLLAR |
| Reverse description | Unprinted reverse showing bleed-through impression of the obverse text and vignette through the thin paper stock, with a faint circular ghost of the central coin vignette visible at centre. A handwritten cancellation mark is present over the ghost vignette. |
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