Catalog
3 Dollars
| Issuer | Commercial Bank of Canada, Collingwood |
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| Year | 1861 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is an intaglio-printed composition headed by the arched legend COMMERCIAL BANK OF CANADA and the subordinate inscriptions INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT and CAPITAL $1,000,000, with the central text WILL PAY ON DEMAND / THREE DOLLARS and the payable location COLLINGWOOD with manuscript date 1861. To the left, a rural agricultural vignette with figures in a wooded landscape occupies the principal pictorial field, while to the right a finely engraved bull's-head vignette provides a secondary motif. Ornate numeral 3 panels anchor each lower corner, with the printer's imprint of Lawson Bank Note Company in the lower margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | COMMERCIAL BANK OF CANADA WILL PAY ON DEMAND THREE DOLLARS CAPITAL $1,000,000 COLLINGWOOD INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 3 THREE DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries no printed design, the plain paper sheet showing age-toning, foxing, and fold lines consistent with circulation use, with only faint ghost impressions of the obverse intaglio visible through the stock. |
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