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20 Dollars
| Issuer | Weyburn Security Bank |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Orange and black bicolour note with a central intaglio vignette of a classical female figure wearing a laurel wreath, set within an oval frame flanked by cherub supporters. Large orange 'XX' denomination counters appear to either side of the central vignette, with the bank title 'THE WEYBURN SECURITY BANK' in bold letters across the upper portion and the inscription 'DOMINION OF CANADA' above. The imprint of the American Bank Note Co., Ottawa is present at the lower margin, and the date 'WEYBURN, SASK. JAN. 3rd 1911' appears at the lower right. |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMINION OF CANADA THE WEYBURN SECURITY BANK WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND 20 XX TWENTY DOLLARS CHARTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT WEYBURN, SASK. JAN. 3rd 1911 COUNTERSIGNED American Bank Note Co. Ottawa |
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The Weyburn Security Bank was chartered in 1910 and operated out of Weyburn, Saskatchewan — one of the last chartered banks to emerge before Canada's banking consolidation effectively ended independent regional banking. It failed in 1931 during the agricultural collapse that hit the prairies particularly hard, absorbed into the broader wreckage of Depression-era Saskatchewan farming communities.
The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa branch handled a significant share of Canadian chartered bank note production in this period. Notes from short-lived prairie institutions like Weyburn turn up rarely in any grade; the bank's limited branch network meant small print runs, and the 1931 failure left little incentive for preservation.