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5 Dollars / 1 Pound 10 Pence

Issuer Royal Bank of Canada
Year 1920
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Size 185 × 89 mm
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Obverse description Black on green underprint. A central steam ship vignette occupies the middle of the note, with the denomination expressed both in Antigua Dollars and its sterling equivalent (£1-0-10) in white lettering at the upper left and right corners and in black at the bottom centre beneath the vignette. Serial numbers appear in red at upper left and upper right, while the main body text in black uppercase details the promise to pay, place of issue, and date rendered in large script at left with the denomination in large script at right. The printer's imprint — AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA — appears in small text outside the bottom border.
Obverse lettering 5 ANTIGUA DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £1-0-10 THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND AT ST JOHN'S ANTIGUA THE SUM OF FIVE DOLLARS IN ANTIGUA CURRENCY BEING THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE POUND AND TEN PENCE St. John's Antigua January 2nd 1920 Five Antigua Dollars the equivalent of £1-0-10 REDEEMABLE ONLY IN ANTIGUA
Reverse description Dark green. The colonial arms vignette is centred, flanked on the left and right fields by the denomination in words. The bank title is centred at the bottom of the design, with the printer's imprint — AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA — in small text outside the bottom border.
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