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10 Dollars = 2 Pounds-10 Shillings

Issuer Banque du Peuple
Year 1882
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Black on green underprint. Central guilloche bears the denomination numeral X flanked by two portrait vignettes — a queen at left and a uniformed male at right — with cherub groups between them; allegorical female figures with serpents occupy both lateral margins. Bilingual text reads LA BANQUE DU PEUPLE / DEUX LOUIS DIX CHELINS / TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS, with MONTREAL and manuscript date below two manuscript signatures.
Obverse lettering LA BANQUE DU PEUPLE
DEUX LOUIS DIX CHELINS
TWO POUNDS TEN SHILLINGS
TEN
DIX
INCORPORÉE PAR ACTE DU PARLEMENT
CHARTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
MONTREAL
Reverse description Printed entirely in blue. A central ornate guilloche medallion bears the numeral 10, flanked symmetrically by scrolling acanthus vine work enclosing two circular vignettes: a labouring figure at left and a cherub with implements at right, with additional putti perched atop the scroll work.
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