1 Dollar

Emittente	Bank of British North America, Victoria
Anno	1859
Tipo	Standard circulation banknote
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Descrizione del dritto	The obverse carries the bold heading 'THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA' with 'INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER' beneath, flanked by the word 'VICTORIA' at upper left and right. A central allegorical vignette shows a seated female figure amid foliage, with the large green guilloche-style numeral 'ONE DOLLAR' overprint across the centre of the note. To the lower left is a portrait medallion of Queen Victoria, while to the right an oval numeral '1' medallion balances the composition; serial number No. 251 appears twice in the mid-field, and the place and date 'Victoria, 1st December 1859, Vancouver's Island' are inscribed in manuscript.
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Varianti	S396a - issued note
Commenti	The Bank of British North America was a London-chartered institution operating branches across British North America, and the Victoria branch opened just as the Fraser River Gold Rush was transforming the region from a quiet fur-trade outpost into a chaotic boomtown. This note was issued into that environment — one where American gold dust, Hudson's Bay Company scrip, and U.S. greenbacks all competed for acceptance alongside British colonial paper. Pick 396 is among the earliest locally-issued banknotes from what would become British Columbia, predating Confederation by over a decade. The colony of British Columbia itself wasn't formally proclaimed until August 1858, making this 1859 date extraordinarily early for institutional paper currency from the Pacific Northwest.