Catalogus
Volledige afbeeldingen bekijken — gratis registratie
Doorgaan met Google — het is gratis
of registreer met e-mail
3 Dollars
| Uitgever | Merchants Bank, Toronto |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1837 |
| Type | Log in om details te zien |
| Waarde | 3 Dollars |
| Valuta | Log in om details te zien |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
| Referentie(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving voorzijde | The obverse is engraved in a classical style typical of early North American private bank issues. At centre, a large numeral '3' is flanked by an allegorical vignette of two female figures in a pastoral landscape, with a smaller portrait of an elegantly dressed woman occupying the upper right corner and a seated Indigenous figure with an elephant vignette at the left. The bank title 'The MERCHANTS Bank' is inscribed in bold letterpress across the middle register, with the legend 'UPPER-CANADA.' at the top and the promise to pay 'THREE DOLLARS on demand' below, along with the place and date 'Toronto, May 4, 1837' in manuscript. |
|---|---|
| Opschrift voorzijde | UPPER-CANADA. THREE The MERCHANTS Bank Will pay THREE DOLLARS on demand to order or bearer Toronto, May 4 1837 Cash. Pres. |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Opschrift keerzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
| Beveiligingstype | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving beveiliging | Log in om details te zien |
| Varianten | Log in om details te zien |
| Opmerkingen |
The Merchants Bank of Toronto was a short-lived chartered institution operating during one of the most financially turbulent periods in Upper Canadian history. The Panic of 1837 — triggered by credit contraction in the United States and compounded by the Bank of England tightening specie flows — devastated confidence in private bank paper across the province. Notes issued that year by smaller Toronto banks were frequently refused at par or discounted heavily by merchants who doubted redemption would ever come.
The $3 denomination itself marks this as colonial-era issue: the figure persisted in Upper Canada because of the practical need to bridge British sterling fractions and American dollar coinage circulating simultaneously in the same market.