1 Pound 1 Shilling

Issuer	Merchants' Bank of Halifax, Hamilton Agency
Year	1880
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Obverse description	At left, a vignette of a seated woman with distaff; at center, a combined sailing and steam ship vignette; at right, a vignette of the bank building. The note bears a red SPECIMEN overprint across the face, with CASHIER and PRESIDENT signature lines below the central text panel.
Obverse lettering	DOMINION / MERCHANTS BANK OF CANADA / HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, 1ST JUL. 1880 / The Agency at Hamilton, Bermuda, will exchange this note / ONE POUND ONE SHILLING STG. / FIVE DOLLARS / ON DEMAND / TO BEARER / CASHIER / PRESIDENT / SPECIMEN / American Bank Note Co. N.Y.
Reverse description	The reverse is composed entirely of intricate lathe-work guilloche ornament with the denomination at center, flanked by the bank name THE MERCHANTS BANK OF HALIFAX, and the inscription AT BERMUDA below.
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