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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Bank of British North America |
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| Year | 1838 |
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| Currency | Canadian Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper. The bank's heraldic crest vignette occupies the centre, flanked by script promise-to-pay text. Oval medallions at upper corners bear bilingual denomination inscriptions; the lower border carries the imprint LOWER CANADA in letterpress. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ONE DOLLAR We Promise to pay the Bearer on demand at our Bank in MONTREAL ONE DOLLAR for value received For the Directors & Company LOWER CANADA UN PIASTRE ONE DOLLAR $1 $ONE |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted verso with faint horizontal guilloche ruling visible through the paper, showing text impressions from the obverse in mirror image consistent with early intaglio printing on thin bank paper. |
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