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4 Dollars / 1 Pound Bank of British North America, Brantford
| Uitgever | Bank of British North America |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1853 |
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| Waarde | 4 Dollars |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ONE FOUR POUND DOLLARS $4 £1 BRANTFORD This Bank will pay the Bearer on demand ONE POUND Currency BRANTFORD 1st July 1853 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER SPECIMEN |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | The reverse is entirely blank, consistent with an unissued trial or specimen note printed on plain paper stock, bearing no design elements, inscriptions, or security features. |
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| Opmerkingen |
The Bank of British North America was chartered in London in 1836 and operated as a British imperial institution with branches across the Canadian provinces — making it structurally distinct from the locally chartered colonial banks competing alongside it. The dual denomination of 4 Dollars / 1 Pound reflects the currency confusion endemic to mid-century Upper Canada, where sterling and Halifax currency ran parallel to American dollar reckoning, and merchants routinely needed both on the same instrument.
Perkins, Bacon & Petch had mastered the lathe-work guilloche and siderographic transfer techniques that made their plates extraordinarily difficult to counterfeit. The Brantford branch was a minor outpost serving the Grand River farming districts — high-denomination branch notes from small offices saw limited release and light return traffic, which accounts for the relative scarcity of surviving Brantford-payable examples today.