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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1901 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse lettering | THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA DIEU ET MON DROIT AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. OTTAWA |
| Signature(s) | A.E. Brock and T.E. Kenny |
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The Royal Bank of Canada was still operating as the Merchants Bank of Halifax in name as recently as 1901 — it had only formally adopted its current name that same year, making this note one of the earliest issues under the new identity. The bank had been pushing aggressively into central Canada and the Caribbean through the 1890s, and the rechristening was a deliberate signal of national ambition rather than regional roots.
American Bank Note Company's Ottawa plant handled the printing, which was standard practice for Canadian chartered bank issues of this period — ABNC dominated the market. T.E. Kenny, whose signature appears here, was a Halifax financier and sitting senator.