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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of British North America, Halifax |
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| Year | 1870-1874 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Engraved in intaglio by the American Bank Note Company, the obverse centres on the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom flanked by two oval medallions each bearing the branch inscription HALIFAX, with numeral counters reading 10 at the outer corners and TEN DOLLARS cartouches at the lower left and right. A central text panel carries the promise THIS BANK WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN DOLLARS, with the place-date line AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA set in letterpress below. The upper border reads THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA in bold serif lettering, and the lower border carries the founding legend INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA HALIFAX HALIFAX 10 10 TEN DOLLARS TEN DOLLARS THIS BANK WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN DOLLARS AT HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Acct Mast |
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The Bank of British North America was a British-chartered institution — incorporated by Royal Charter in 1836 — operating across Canadian territory long before Confederation reshaped the colonial banking order. By 1870, when this note entered circulation, Dominion status was three years old but provincial bank issues still competed freely with Dominion notes under the terms of the 1871 Bank Act. The Halifax branch designation on a note printed in New York by ABNC was entirely routine for the period; most Canadian private banks of any scale contracted American engravers rather than British ones.
The series ran until 1874, when tightening federal regulation began forcing private issuers toward standardization.