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| Issuer | Mechanics Bank, St. John's |
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| Year | 1837 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1867 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is engraved in the early American territorial style, with denomination numerals "10" in each corner. At upper left, a classical female figure is seated in profile; at upper centre, a vignette of a steam locomotive with passenger carriages is set within a landscape, flanked at upper right by a vignette of a three-masted sailing vessel at sea. The centre bears the bank title in ornate script lettering above the promise-to-pay text, with a handwritten date of May 21, 1837, serial number, and two manuscript signatures of the Cashier and President below. |
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| Obverse lettering | The Mechanics Bank St. John's Will pay TEN DOLLARS on Demand to or Bearer at their Banking House St. John's N.F. Cash't Pres't |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted and plain, presenting a worn cotton-paper surface with no vignettes, text, or decorative elements, consistent with early Canadian colonial-era private banknote production practice. |
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