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20 Dollars

Issuer Banque Internationale du Canada
Year 1911
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Value 20 Dollars
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Obverse description Black intaglio print on cream paper with elaborate guilloche underprint. Two oval portrait vignettes flank a central medallion bearing the numeral '20' within an ornate lathe-work frame; the left portrait shows a clean-shaven gentleman in a suit and the right a mustachioed gentleman in formal attire. The upper legend reads 'DOMINION OF CANADA / BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU CANADA' with the promise clause 'WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND', the date 'MONTREAL, OCT. 17TH, 1911', and the stated capital 'CAPITAL $10,000,000'; denomination corners carry '20' with 'TWENTY DOLLARS' in letterpress at centre base.
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Reverse description Printed in green intaglio on a plain white ground, the reverse is dominated by a large central vignette of a globe within an elaborate circular guilloche band bearing the legend 'BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU CANADA'. The globe vignette is surrounded by interlocking lathe-work scrollwork that fills the entire face, with the numeral '20' repeated in each corner and at the centre left and right within scroll cartouches. The lower border carries the inscription 'TWENTY DOLLARS' flanked by '20' numerals, and the imprint 'AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA' appears at the base.
Reverse lettering BANQUE INTERNATIONALE DU CANADA
TWENTY DOLLARS
20
AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA
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