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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Standard Bank of Canada, Toronto |
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| Year | 1900 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries the bank's title 'STANDARD BANK OF CANADA' in bold arched lettering across the top, flanked by a large central vignette of a pastoral frontier scene with oxen and figures at work beneath a mountainous landscape. To the lower right, an intaglio portrait of a gentleman in formal attire is set within an oval frame. The numeral '10' appears in ornate panels at the lower left and upper right corners, with the promise text 'Will Pay TEN DOLLARS to the Bearer on demand' inscribed in script across the centre, alongside the issue place 'TORONTO, Province of ONTARIO'. |
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| Obverse lettering | STANDARD BANK OF CANADA Will Pay TEN DOLLARS to the Bearer on demand TORONTO Province of ONTARIO 10 British American Bank Note Co. Montreal |
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The Standard Bank of Canada was a relatively minor chartered bank, and its Toronto operation never achieved the footprint of the larger institutions. This 1900 ten-dollar note is among the earliest issues the bank produced under its own charter, printed by the British American Bank Note Company at their Montreal facility — the dominant Canadian security printer of the period, responsible for the bulk of chartered bank production in this era.
The bank was eventually absorbed by the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1928, after which its outstanding notes were redeemed and largely destroyed. Surviving examples from this 1900 issue are genuinely scarce, particularly in circulated grades where paper attrition was severe.