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5 Dollars / 1 Pound and 10 Pence Royal Bank of Canada
| Issuer | The Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Printer | American Bank Note Company, Ottawa, Canada |
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| Obverse lettering | 5 ST. LUCIA DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £1-0-10 THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT CASTRIES ST.LUCIA THE SUM OF FIVE DOLLARS IN ST.LUCIA CURRENCY BEING THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE POUND AND TEN PENCE Castries St. Lucia January 2nd 1920 Five St. Lucia Dollars the equivalent of £1-0-10 REDEEMABLE ONLY IN ST.LUCIA |
| Reverse description | Dark green. The arms of Saint Lucia are centred, with the denomination in words in the field to the left and right. The bank title is centred at the bottom of the design, and the printer's imprint — AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA — appears in small text outside the lower border. |
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The dual denomination — $5 on one face, £1 10s on the other — reflects the period when Newfoundland still operated outside the Canadian monetary union. The Royal Bank maintained branches there and required notes denominated in both currencies to serve customers on either side of that boundary. Newfoundland would not join Confederation until 1949, and this note is a direct artifact of that prolonged monetary separation.
The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa plant handled the printing, one of the few ABNC facilities operating on Canadian soil rather than from the New York headquarters.