Catalog
20 Piastres/Dollars
| Issuer | La Banque Nationale |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Currency | Piastre (1872-1926) |
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| Obverse description | Dark brown and green intaglio-printed note with the bank title LA BANQUE NATIONALE in bold letterpress across the upper centre, flanked on each side by SPECIMEN overprints in red. To the left, a vignette of a historic Quebec townscape with a fortified cliff; to the right, a portrait medallion of a distinguished gentleman in three-quarter view. The central guilloche medallion bears the numeral 20, with bilingual promise text PAIERA AU PORTEUR À DEMANDE and WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND on either side. The denomination VINGT PIASTRES — TWENTY DOLLARS appears along the lower border, with signature lines for GÉRANT-GÉNÉRAL and PRÉSIDENT beneath the central vignette. |
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| Obverse lettering | VINGT 20 TWENTY QUÉBEC, LE 3 NOVEMBRE 1922 SPÉCIMEN LA BANQUE NATIONALE SPÉCIMEN PAIERA AU PORTEUR À DEMANDE WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND 20 A A VINGT PIASTRES — TWENTY DOLLARS GÉRANT-GÉNÉRAL PRÉSIDENT British American Bank Note Co. Limited |
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| Reverse lettering | LA BANQUE NATIONALE SALUTI FORTIS INDUSTRIA ROBUR 20 VINGT PIASTRES 20 |
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