Catalog
100 Dollars
| Issuer | Banque d'Hochelaga |
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| Year | 1920 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE D'HOCHELAGA MONTREAL, JAN. 2ND 1920 MONTREAL LE 2 JAN. 1920 ONE HUNDRED UN CENT WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND PAIERA AU PORTEUR À DEMANDE ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS CENT 100 CENT 100 |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in dark blue-black intaglio on a finely engraved guilloche ground, with a large central oval vignette containing the heraldic arms of Canada — a shield bearing the provincial coats of arms surmounted by a crowned lion and supported by ornate scrollwork. Twin '100' counters in bold numerals appear to the left and right of the central vignette within elaborate lathe-work ovals. The bank name 'BANQUE D'HOCHELAGA' is inscribed in bold letters across the lower margin, with denomination numerals repeated in all four corners. |
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The Banque d'Hochelaga was a Montreal-based French-Canadian institution that spent much of its existence carving space in a financial system dominated by anglophone banks. By 1920 it was one of the stronger Quebec chartered banks, but not for much longer — it merged with the Banque Nationale in 1924 to form the Banque Canadienne Nationale, ending its independent note-issuing history entirely.
A $100 denomination from any Canadian chartered bank is genuinely rare in surviving form. High-value notes returned to issuing branches quickly and were cancelled or destroyed; they rarely sat in a wallet long enough to leave the system intact. The ABNC produced the series to a high engraved standard, consistent with their work for Canadian charters of that period.