Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
2 Dollars Government of Newfoundland, Cash Note
| Issuer | Government of Newfoundland |
|---|---|
| Year | 1910-1914 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Dollar (1865-1949) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Size | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Printer | Log in to see details |
| Designer(s) | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Printed in red and brown, the reverse is dominated by an intricate guilloche rosette at center, flanked by two smaller circular guilloche medallions in the upper and lower registers, all set against a lightly textured background underprint. |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Signature(s) | Log in to see details |
| Protection type | Log in to see details |
| Protection description | Log in to see details |
| Variants | P#A12 - double year date 1910-11 P#A12 - double year date 1911-12 P#A12 - double year date 1912-13 P#A12 - double year date 1913-14 |
| Comments |
Newfoundland remained a self-governing Dominion — not a Canadian province — until 1949, and these cash notes reflect that independence. The Government of Newfoundland issued its own paper currency well into the twentieth century, a power most comparable territories had long since surrendered to central banking authorities. Whitehead, Morris & Co. handled security printing work across multiple British colonial jurisdictions during this period, making them a logical choice for a small Atlantic government without domestic printing capacity.
Pick A12 is scarcer than its catalog position might suggest. The series had a short issue window, and Newfoundland's fishing-economy circulation was hard on paper.