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1 Pound Bank of Nova Scotia
| Issuer | Bank of Nova Scotia |
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| Year | 1900-1920 |
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| Size | 186 × 97 mm |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND ONE POUND AT ITS BRANCH IN KINGSTON JAMAICA FOR GENERAL MANAGER |
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| Reverse lettering | THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA KINGSTON JAMAICA ONE POUND INCORPORATED 1832 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
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The Bank of Nova Scotia had long operated branches in Jamaica and the British Caribbean, and this pound-denominated note was issued specifically for that trade — not for domestic Canadian circulation, where dollars were the operative currency. Pound-denominated instruments kept transactions compatible with British colonial accounting without requiring constant conversion.
The American Bank Note Company held contracts across dozens of colonial and private banking clients during this period, printing notes for institutions that lacked any domestic security printing infrastructure. The ABNC's New York plant handled the full production run.