Catalog
10 Dollars
| Issuer | The Dominion Bank |
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| Year | 1931 |
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| Currency | Canadian Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black intaglio on a multicolour guilloche underprint, with the bank title 'THE DOMINION BANK' in bold letterpress across the upper border. Two oval portrait vignettes flank the central design: an unidentified gentleman in a suit at left and another in formal attire at right. At centre, a large ornate numeral '10' within an intricate engine-turned medallion is flanked by the letter 'A' prefix notations and matched serial numbers in red. The place and date of issue, 'TORONTO' and '1ST FEBY. 1931', appear in the lower field, with two facsimile signatures below designated 'PRESIDENT' and 'GENERAL MANAGER'. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE DOMINION BANK WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TEN DOLLARS TORONTO 1ST FEBY. 1931 PRESIDENT GENERAL MANAGER |
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The Dominion Bank was a Toronto-chartered institution that had operated independently since 1871, but by the time this note was printed it was already in the final stretch of its corporate life — the bank merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1931, the same year of this issue. Notes dated that year exist in a narrow window that coincides almost exactly with the merger's completion, which raises the reasonable question of how many reached actual circulation before being pulled.
Canadian Bank Note Company produced the bulk of chartered bank currency in this period, working from Ottawa with consistent plate quality. The note falls within the final era of Canadian chartered bank currency before the Bank of Canada Act of 1934 stripped private banks of their note-issuing rights entirely.