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| Issuer | Standard Bank of Canada, Toronto |
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| Year | 1914-1919 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper within an ornate guilloche border; a finely engraved oval portrait vignette of a middle-aged gentleman in formal attire occupies the centre, flanked symmetrically by large lozenge-shaped underprint ornaments bearing the numeral "10". The bank title "THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA" arches across the upper margin above the promise clause, with "TEN DOLLARS" in bold letterpress along the lower margin, and the place and date of issue "TORONTO" and "2ND JANUARY 1919" appearing above the signature panel. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND TORONTO TEN DOLLARS TEN PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER |
| Reverse description | Printed in warm sepia, the reverse is built from intricate engine-turned guilloche lathe-work with large numeral "10" medallions at each corner and at the left and right centres. The central panel encloses an ornate oval cartouche bearing a heraldic lion rampant above the bank's founding date "1873" and the circular legend "THE STANDARD BANK OF CANADA", with "TEN DOLLARS" lettered in a panel along the lower margin. |
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