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2 Dollars
| Issuer | City Bank, Montreal |
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| Year | 1857 |
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| Printer | Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson |
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| Obverse description | The face is printed in fine intaglio on a light ground, with CITY BANK in large bold letters across the upper centre and TWO DOLLARS in a prominent green overprint across the middle field. An oval portrait vignette of a gentleman in formal attire occupies the upper left, a second portrait vignette anchors the lower right, and guilloche numeral 2 panels fill the upper right and lower left corners. A detailed central harbour vignette with a steam vessel and sailing craft runs below the bank title, with the legend INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, PROVINCE OF CANADA along the lower border. |
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| Obverse lettering | ON DEMAND CITY BANK TWO DOLLARS BANKING HOUSE MONTREAL FOR THE CITY BANK INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, PROVINCE OF CANADA |
| Reverse description | The back is printed in orange and green on plain paper, centred on a large bold TWO rendered in mirror-reverse guilloche style, flanked by ornate lathe-work rosette panels. A scroll banner bearing CITY BANK runs horizontally through the composition, with MONTREAL inscribed in green letterpress above and below, producing a simple yet visually effective back design characteristic of Canadian chartered bank issues of the mid-nineteenth century. |
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