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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Dominion of Canada |
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| Year | 1898 |
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| Size | 185 x 78 mm |
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| Obverse description | Black on green underprint with portraits of the Countess and Earl of Aberdeen at left and right, and a lumberjack vignette at centre. Signature of J.M. Courtney, Deputy Minister of Finance. Series letters A–D appear on the note. |
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| Variants | P#24 - Signature Courtney, Series A-D |
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The Dominion of Canada dollar notes of this period were issued directly by the Ministry of Finance, not by a central bank — Canada wouldn't have one until 1935. The 1898 date places this note in the middle of the Laurier government's tenure, during a sustained expansion of the western economy and the tail end of the Klondike gold rush, which generated genuine demand for small-denomination Dominion notes in remote territories.
J.M. Courtney served as Deputy Minister of Finance from 1878 to 1906, making his signature one of the longest-running on any Canadian government note series. The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa branch handled production — the company had established local operations specifically to service Canadian government contracts.