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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Ottawa |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green, the reverse centres on a large allegorical vignette flanked by two standing female figures representing industry and commerce, with an elaborate coat of arms or civic emblem between them, all rendered in fine intaglio engraving. Numeral 10 medallions appear at the left and right within richly worked guilloche rosette panels. THE BANK and OF OTTAWA appear respectively in the upper and lower centre, with the printer's imprint BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. OTTAWA along the bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | THE BANK OF OTTAWA 10 BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. OTTAWA |
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The Bank of Ottawa was absorbed by the Bank of Nova Scotia in 1919, making all surviving chartered bank notes from its final years relatively short-lived issues. By 1913, Canadian chartered banks were already operating under pressure from the 1913 revision of the Bank Act, which tightened reserve requirements and accelerated the consolidation that would eventually end private note issue in Canada altogether.
The countersignature requirement on this series reflects standard practice for chartered bank notes requiring branch authorization before release into circulation — a control mechanism, not a security afterthought.