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Black letterpress note with a central vignette of a seated female figure surrounded by agricultural implements and a cow, flanked on each side by large guilloche-bordered numeral 2 medallions. The upper left corner carries a standing allegorical female figure with a shield, while a small inset panel at lower left bears the inscription DEUX / 2 / PIASTRES. The text LOWER CANADA appears beneath the left medallion and CANADA beneath the right, with BANQUE CANADIENNE. across the top in bold serif lettering. |
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Green-printed reverse dominated by a grid of large circular guilloche rosettes arranged in rows, with a central oval vignette containing a full-length standing male figure in period dress, holding a sword or cane. The overall layout is geometric and symmetrical, with fine lathe-work patterns filling the background of each rosette. |
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| نوع ویژگی امنیتی |
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The Banque Canadienne was a short-lived institution chartered in Lower Canada during a period of intense political friction between the colonial assembly and British authorities — the same years that produced the Ninety-Two Resolutions and, ultimately, the 1837–38 Rebellions. Whether this note ever circulated meaningfully is unclear; the bank's operational history is poorly documented, and surviving examples are rare enough that no reliable circulation data exists.
The piastre denomination reflects the Spanish dollar unit still in common use in Lower Canada at the time, before decimal standardization under the 1841 Province of Canada currency reforms phased it out.