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100 Piastres / Dollars
| Issuer | La Banque Nationale |
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| Year | 1922 |
| Type | Specimen |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper. The bank title LA BANQUE NATIONALE is set in bold lettering across the top, with the date QUÉBEC, LE 2 NOVEMBRE 1922 below. A large guilloche panel centres the denomination numeral 100, flanked by bilingual text reading PAIERA AU PORTEUR À DEMANDE / CENT PIASTRES on the left and WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND / ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS on the right. An intaglio vignette to the right portrays a bust-length portrait of a gentleman in three-quarter view. Signature lines for GÉRANT GÉNÉRAL and PRÉSIDENT appear at the lower register; this example bears SPECIMEN overprints in red. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green intaglio, the reverse carries the bank name LA BANQUE NATIONALE across the top. To the left, a large allegorical vignette enclosed in an oval frame depicts a seated female figure representing Industry and Agriculture, surrounded by agricultural motifs and a scrolled legend reading AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIA. The central guilloche panel bears the large denomination numeral 100 within an ornate lathe-work border, with PIASTRES inscribed on a ribbon below. |
| Reverse lettering | LA BANQUE NATIONALE 100 PIASTRES AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIA |
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