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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Banque Provinciale du Canada, Montreal |
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| Year | 1913-1928 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and orange on white paper. At centre, two oval portrait vignettes in intaglio engraving present two bearded male figures in formal attire, separated by an ornate vertical divider. Large Roman numeral X vignettes flank the portraits on either side, each incorporating a numeral 10 within a guilloche underprint. The heading LA BANQUE PROVINCIALE DU CANADA appears in bold letterpress at the top, with the date MONTREAL LE 2 JANVIER 1913 above it, and the bilingual demand clause DIX PIASTRES / A DEMANDE AU PORTEUR / TEN DOLLARS / ON DEMAND TO BEARER is printed along the lower margin, flanked by corner denomination numerals 10. |
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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. |
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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.