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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Dominion of Canada |
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| Year | 1898 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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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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| Reverse description | Green intaglio print centred on a detailed vignette of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa, framed by intricate guilloche lacework. The legend DOMINION OF CANADA arcs above, with DOLLAR ONE DOLLAR along the lower border and ONE numerals repeated at all four corners and side panels, the corner ONE's on this issue curving inward. |
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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.