Catalog
10 Dollars
| Issuer | Banque Provinciale du Canada, Montreal |
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| Year | 1913-1928 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in red on white paper with an elaborate guilloche underprint filling the field. A central vignette presents a detailed intaglio view of a multi-storey stone bank building, likely the Banque Provinciale headquarters, with a monument visible to its left. Large numeral 10 counters appear at left and right within ornamental rosette frames, and Roman numeral X devices occupy the upper corners. The bank name LA BANQUE PROVINCIALE DU CANADA is inscribed along the lower border, with the word TEN at the top centre. |
| Reverse lettering | TEN 10 X LA BANQUE PROVINCIALE DU CANADA AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA |
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The Banque Provinciale du Canada was itself a rebranded institution — formerly the Banque d'Hochelaga until 1900, when it restructured and adopted its new name. By the time this series was issued, it was one of only a handful of Quebec-based chartered banks still exercising their note-issue rights under the Bank Act, a privilege that would effectively end with the 1944 revisions centralizing currency with the Bank of Canada.
The American Bank Note Company maintained a production facility in Ottawa — not just their New York operation — and this note was printed there. The fifteen-year span of this series reflects how slowly chartered bank note designs turned over once printing plates were established and the notes remained legally current.