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2 Dollars
| Issuer | Royal Canadian Bank, Toronto |
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| Year | 1865 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio print on white paper with a green underprint. The bank title "The Royal Canadian Bank" runs across the top in ornate Gothic lettering, flanked by numeral "2" counters at each upper corner. A central vignette displays the Canadian coat of arms supported by a lion and a unicorn, with the denomination "Two Dollars" in large script below on a green guilloche panel. To the left is an intaglio portrait of a young military figure in uniform, and to the right stands a vignette of a lumberman, both rendered in fine engraved line work. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse is covered with an intricate all-over lathe-work guilloche pattern composed of fine geometric rosettes and star motifs, with large numeral "2" counters in each corner. The bank name "The Royal Canadian Bank" is inscribed in a central horizontal band in serifed script, set against the dense geometric background. |
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| Variants | S1944Ba - text above Bank seal: "At its Banking House in Toronto" S1944B[b] - text above Bank seal: "At its Agency in Montreal" (not confirmed) |
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