Catalog
20 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Montreal |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is printed in black and green with red serial numbers, centred on a large guilloche underprint bearing the denomination numeral "XX". Two portrait vignettes flank the central design — a bearded gentleman to the left and a clean-shaven gentleman to the right — with the Bank of Montreal coat of arms at centre surmounting the legend "Twenty Dollars". The heading reads "The Bank of Montreal / Will Pay to Bearer on Demand" with the paid-up capital inscription along the top border, the date "Montreal, Nov. 3rd 1914" and signature lines for Countersigned and President below the central vignette. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is engraved in a uniform dark green, with a central intaglio vignette of the Bank of Montreal's main branch building — a neoclassical structure with a grand Corinthian-columned portico — set against an open sky with figures and carriages at street level. Flanking the central vignette are large denomination numerals "20" set within ornate lathe-work panels, with the inscription "BANK OF MONTREAL" along the top border and "Twenty Dollars" along the lower margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF MONTREAL Twenty Dollars 20 American Bank Note Co. Ottawa |
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