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4 Dollars

Issuer Bank of Brantford, Brantford
Year 1859
Type Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description Green intaglio note printed by the American Bank Note Company, with the numeral '4' in each upper corner flanked by intricate guilloche borders. A central vignette portrays an industrial or mill complex with horse-drawn wagons in the foreground, rendered in fine engraved detail. To the lower left is a portrait medallion of a bearded gentleman, and to the lower right a portrait of a young woman, with the issuer's name 'BANK OF BRANTFORD' and the denomination 'FOUR DOLLARS' inscribed in bold letterpress across the centre.
Obverse lettering BANK OF BRANTFORD
FOUR DOLLARS
BRANTFORD
CAPITAL $1,000,000
American Bank Note Company
Will pay FOUR DOLLARS to bearer on demand
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
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Variants S1571a - partially engraved date (18xx)
S1571b - engraved date
S1571c - overprint: HONITON, 01.05.1862
S1571d - overprint: WESTBROOK, 01.05.1862
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