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1 Dollar Dominion of Canada
| Uitgever | Dominion of Canada |
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| Jaar | 1897 |
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| Waarde | 1 Dollar |
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| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | The centre vignette presents a log drive scene with lumberjacks working the river, flanked by portrait medallions of Ishbel Maria Hamilton-Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen to the left, and John Hamilton-Gordon, first Marquess of Aberdeen and Governor General of Canada to the right. The note is printed in green with elaborate guilloche borders and counter numerals at the corners. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | DOMINION OF CANADA 1 ONE DOLLAR AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY OTTAWA |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Dominion of Canada notes occupied a peculiar constitutional space — they were issued not by a chartered bank but by the federal government itself, under authority that predated the Bank of Canada by decades. This 1897 dollar belongs to a series that was actively competing with chartered bank notes in everyday commerce, something that made the private banks quietly furious throughout the period.
The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa facility, established specifically to handle Dominion and later government printing contracts, produced this series domestically rather than routing the work through New York — a deliberate policy decision following earlier concerns about shipping security.