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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Acadia |
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| Year | 1872 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Central vignette of three cherubs amid floral garlands, flanked by large lathe-work TEN counters in green and black. The bank title THE BANK OF ACADIA arches above with NOVA SCOTIA below; serial number 2200 appears at left and right. Two manuscript signatures appear at the bottom margin, with CASHIER and PRESIDENT designations. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF ACADIA NOVA SCOTIA 10 TEN 2200 CASHIER PRESIDENT British American BANK NOTE C Montreal & Ottawa |
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The Bank of Acadia was a short-lived Nova Scotia institution, and this 1872 note belongs to a period when Maritime Canadian banking was actively consolidating — many smaller regional banks issued paper only briefly before being absorbed by or losing ground to the larger chartered banks following Confederation. Whether the Bank of Acadia ever achieved meaningful circulation before closing is not well documented, which itself may explain the relative scarcity of surviving notes.
The British American Bank Note Company had established its Montreal operation only a few years prior, in 1866, making this an early commission for the firm that would go on to dominate Canadian chartered bank printing for decades.