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100 Trinidad Dollars (20 Pound 16 Shillings 8 Pence)
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on cream paper with an intricate guilloche border. A central vignette presents an allegorical female figure seated among tropical foliage, rendered in fine line engraving in the classical bank note tradition. The issuer's name arches across the top in bold letterpress, with the denomination stated in both Trinidad Dollars and its sterling equivalent at upper left and right, the date 'January 2nd 1920' and place 'Port of Spain, Trinidad' inscribed at lower left, and two manuscript signatures below for the General Manager and President respectively. |
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| Reverse lettering | ONE HUNDRED TRINIDAD DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £20-16-8 THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA DIEU ET MON DROIT AMERICAN BANK NOTE CORPORATION |
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The Royal Bank of Canada operated in Trinidad from 1902 and issued locally denominated notes to service both retail and commercial trade on the island. This 100 Trinidad Dollar note carries the sterling equivalent — £20 16s 8d — because the colony's currency was legally pegged to sterling and merchants routinely settled accounts in both systems. The dual denomination was a practical necessity, not a ceremonial flourish.
H.S. Holt was Royal Bank's president from 1908 to 1934 and one of the most powerful figures in Canadian finance of the period. His signature appearing on a Caribbean colonial branch note is a reminder of how directly centralized that bank's authority was — branch managers countersigned, but presidential authorization ran through Montreal.