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20 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Montreal |
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| Year | 1923 |
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| Value | 20 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on white paper. The central vignette carries the denomination '20 / Twenty Dollars' within an ornate panel flanked by a coat of arms above; the date 'MONTREAL, JAN. 2nd 1923' appears below the central panel. A portrait vignette of an elderly bearded gentleman occupies the left, and a second portrait vignette of a mustachioed gentleman is positioned at right. The bank title 'the Bank of Montreal' is engraved in bold script at the top centre, with the legend 'WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND' beneath it, and repeating denomination counters '20' and 'XX' fill the borders with a fine lathe-work guilloche underprint. |
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| Reverse description | Printed in green intaglio, the reverse centres on a detailed architectural vignette of the Bank of Montreal's head office building on St. James Street, a neoclassical structure with a columned portico and domed roof, set against a lightly engraved sky with horse-drawn carriages in the foreground. The inscription 'BANK OF MONTREAL' arcs across the top within a scrollwork frame, and the denomination 'Twenty Dollars' appears in a plain panel at the foot of the note. Intricate lathe-work guilloche rosettes and repeated numeral '20' counters fill the four corners. |
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| Signature(s) | Sir Frederick Williams-Taylor and Vincent Meredith |
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