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| 正面描述 | The obverse is engraved in the intaglio style typical of American Bank Note Company productions of the mid-19th century. At left, a portrait vignette of Queen Victoria in crown and robes occupies an oval frame, while the central vignette shows a seated allegorical figure of Britannia with a lion and shield, set against a lightly ruled guilloche underprint. The denomination numeral '2' appears in large ornate counters at each corner, with the bank title 'BANK OF WESTERN CANADA' and 'TWO DOLLARS' inscribed across the lower central field, and the date 1859 with the place of issue Clifton noted beneath the manuscript signatures. |
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| 背面描述 | The reverse is printed in a single reddish-brown ink and presents a mirror-image transfer of the obverse design elements, a common security measure employed by American Bank Note Company in this era. The large word 'TWO' is printed in bold block letters across the centre of the note, flanked by the numeral '2' counters and repeated 'TWO' lettering along both vertical margins. The overall layout is deliberately reversed so as to be legible only when the note is held to the light. |
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| 签名 | E. J. Richardson J. McMicken |
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