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100 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Hamilton |
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| Year | 1892 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on a light pink-orange underprint. A large central-left vignette presents a steam locomotive pulling passenger cars in a landscape setting, enclosed within an oval frame. To the right, a portrait vignette of a bearded gentleman in formal attire, identified as President, is set within a ruled panel. The date 'Hamilton, 1st June, 1892' appears in script above the central text panel, with the denomination spelled out as 'ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS' in bold serif lettering. Counter numerals '100' appear at upper right and lower left, with 'DOMINION OF CANADA' inscribed vertically along the left border. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF HAMILTON DOMINION OF CANADA Hamilton, 1st June, 1892 WILL NO MATTER PAY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ON DEMAND B WESTERN CASHIER PRESIDENT SPECIMEN WESTERN BANK NOTE CO. |
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The Bank of Hamilton was one of Ontario's more durable chartered banks, operating from 1872 until its absorption into the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1924. By 1892, Canadian chartered banks still enjoyed the right to issue their own currency — a privilege that persisted until the Bank of Canada Act of 1934 finally centralized note issue. The $100 denomination was never a retail instrument; it moved between merchants, brokers, and correspondent banks, and high-value notes from smaller chartered institutions were retired quickly when they returned to the issuer.
Western Bank Note Company of Chicago handled printing for several Canadian chartered banks during this period, a straightforward cross-border commercial arrangement that raised no regulatory objection at the time.