Catalog
10 Dollars
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in orange-gold on white paper, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of the British Royal Coat of Arms supported by a lion and a unicorn, surmounted by the Crown, set within an ornate engine-turned border. Large rosette guilloche panels bearing the numeral 10 flank the central arms on both sides, and the denomination TEN is repeated in the lower panel alongside the figure 10. The bank name THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA arches across the top within a fine scrollwork frame. |
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| Variants | S1379a(1) - signature at left (variant 1) S1379a(2) - signatures: Neill and Holt |
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The Royal Bank of Canada's pre-WWI Dominion-era chartered bank notes occupied a legally peculiar space: issued by a private commercial bank under federal charter, they were not legal tender but circulated freely by convention and redemption obligation. The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa plant, established specifically to serve Canadian chartered banks, handled much of this work domestically rather than routing it through the New York parent — a distinction that matters for plate identification and serial numbering conventions.
Chartered bank notes in Canada were phased out by the Bank of Canada Act of 1934, with final redemption deadlines eliminating most from circulation. The 1913 series predates the severe contraction years, so issued and cancelled examples both surface, but unissued remainders are the more common survivor.