Catalog
3 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Ottawa Montreal, Montreal |
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| Year | 1838 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | LOWER CANADA No. MONTREAL Bank of Ottawa Montreal On demand pay to my Order for value Received THREE DOLLARS Accepted for The Stockholders THREE |
| Reverse description | The reverse is unprinted, the aged cream-coloured cotton paper exhibiting foxing, fold lines, and wear consistent with circulation. A single handwritten endorsement signature in ink appears at the centre of the otherwise blank surface. |
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The Bank of Ottawa's presence in Montreal is something of a misnomer — the institution was not founded until 1874, decades after this note's date. A note catalogued as P#1913 from 1838 bearing that issuer name warrants close scrutiny: either the attribution conflates two distinct institutions, or the reference data contains an error. Canadian chartered banking before Confederation produced dozens of short-lived regional issuers, and misattributions in catalog records from this period are not uncommon.
Three-dollar denominations were a North American peculiarity of the era, driven by the practical arithmetic of Spanish dollar circulation alongside British monetary conventions.