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1 Dollar / Piastre
| Issuer | Farmers Bank of Rustico |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a central vignette of a farmer ploughing a field with two draft horses, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The bank title FARMERS BANK OF RUSTICO arcs across the top, with bilingual denomination panels — ONE and UNE — positioned at each corner, flanked by ornate guilloche medallions. The lower register bears a bilingual promise-to-pay inscription in English and French, with the place name RUSTICO and manuscript date 1872 alongside printed signature lines for Cashier and President. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, presenting a plain cream-toned cotton paper surface with no vignette, text, or ornamental elements, consistent with the simple production standards of this small Canadian provincial private bank issue. |
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The Farmers Bank of Rustico was a tiny cooperative credit institution on Prince Edward Island, founded in 1864 under Catholic priest Father Georges-Antoine Belcourt to serve the Island's Acadian farming community — one of the few rural banks in 19th-century Canada actually organized by and for its depositors rather than merchant capital. It issued currency in both English and French denominations, a deliberate choice reflecting its bilingual clientele at a time when Acadian economic participation in formal banking was essentially nonexistent.
The bank operated without a formal charter and was never sanctioned under Canadian federal banking law following Confederation in 1867. Notes from this institution are rare survivors of a genuinely unusual experiment in community finance.