1 Dollar

The Eastern Townships Bank was chartered in 1859 under a Province of Canada statute, making this dollar note a very early issue — quite possibly from the bank's opening year of operation. The British American Bank Note Company, founded in Montreal just two years prior in 1866—

Wait, I need to fact-check that. BABNC was founded in 1866, which conflicts with a 1859 date. Let me reconsider. The British American Bank Note Company was established in 1866. A note dated 1859 and attributed to BABNC presents a chronological problem. Either the reference date reflects the charter or series authorization rather than actual printing, or the printer attribution requires verification. Rather than paper over that contradiction, the honest entry is:

The Eastern Townships Bank received its charter in 1859, but the British American Bank Note Company was not established in Montreal until 1866 — which means this note, whatever its series date, could not have been printed before that year. The 1859 reference almost certainly reflects the bank's founding or the legislative authorization for this denomination, not the actual year of issue. That distinction matters when dating the note for collection purposes.