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100 Dollars / Piastres
| Issuer | Banque d'Hochelaga |
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| Year | 1880 |
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| Value | 100 Dollars / Piastres |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is engraved in a fine intaglio style and carries the bilingual title 'BANQUE D'HOCHELAGA' across the top, flanked by the inscriptions 'PROVINCE' and 'DE QUEBEC'. A large central vignette presents a busy harbour scene with tall-masted sailing vessels and a wharf with warehouses, rendered in detailed line engraving. To the lower left is a vignette of a seated dog, while to the lower right appears a portrait bust of Queen Victoria in profile; the denomination 'One Hundred Dollars / Cent Piastres' is inscribed in the lower centre, with the date '1st September 1880' and place 'Montreal' also present, and a 'CANCELLED' overprint appears diagonally across the face. |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCE DE QUEBEC BANQUE D'HOCHELAGA 100 Montreal This Bank will pay 1st September 1880 Cette Banque paiera One Hundred Dollars / Cent Piastres au porteur à demande CAISSIER PRESIDENT INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT Canada Bank Note Printing Co. CANCELLED |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in black on white paper and is dominated by an elaborate lathe-work guilloche design composed of two large interlocking rosettes at the centre, surrounded by a symmetrical arrangement of circular medallions and ornamental scrollwork filling the entire field. The denomination numeral '100' appears in large bold figures at both the left and right extremities within the decorative border. The issuer's name 'BANQUE D'HOCHELAGA' is split across the top and bottom of the design in large serif lettering. |
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