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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Acadia |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Value | 10 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF ACADIA NOVA SCOTIA 10 TEN CASHIER PRESIDENT $10TEN$10TEN$10TEN$10TEN$10TEN$10TEN |
| Reverse description | Printed in a single green tone, the reverse is dominated by a large central guilloche medallion of intricate engine-turned lathe-work enclosed within fine ornamental scrollwork. The inscription BANK OF ACADIA arches across the upper portion, with NOVA SCOTIA in bold letters along the lower margin, and numeral 10 counters set within oval engine-turned frames at the left and right extremities. |
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The Bank of Acadia was a short-lived Nova Scotia institution — it opened in 1872 and collapsed within a year, making its notes among the rarest of all Canadian chartered bank issues. The British American Bank Note Company in Montreal produced the series, but so few notes entered circulation before the bank's failure that survivors in any condition are genuinely uncommon.
The Pick number 1544 places this within the broader Canadian chartered bank listings, but the Acadia issues occupy a distinct corner of that catalog. Most known examples trace back to unissued remainder stocks rather than actual circulation.