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20 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Acadia |
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| Year | 1872 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a left vignette of a tall ship under sail on open waters and a central vignette of a paddle steamer on calm waters, with the denomination numeral '20' at lower-left and upper-right corners. The bank title is inscribed in bold letterpress across the centre, with serial number panels above and manuscript signatures of Cashier and President below. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is printed in green on a lightly toned ground, centred on an ornate guilloche rosette framed by scrollwork. Two intersecting diagonal banners carry the inscriptions 'NOVA SCOTIA' and 'BANK OF ACADIA', with the denomination '20' repeated in each of the four corner lobes. |
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The Bank of Acadia was one of the shortest-lived chartered banks in Nova Scotia's history, operating for only a few years before failing in the 1870s — a period when dozens of small Maritime banks collapsed under the pressure of Confederation-era financial consolidation and competition from the expanding chartered banks of central Canada. Notes from this issuer are rare precisely because so few circulated before the bank ceased operations.
Canada Bank Note Printing was still establishing itself in Montreal during this period, handling work for a number of regional issuers that the larger American security printers had previously dominated.