Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Lower Canada |
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| Year | 1839-1851 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse is divided into three vignette panels across the upper register: a standing female allegorical figure at left, a central harbour scene with a steamship, dock workers, and neoclassical buildings in the background, and a second standing allegorical figure at right. A large ornate numeral 'V' guilloche medallion occupies the lower left, balanced by a boxed inscription 'FIVE' at the lower right. The issuer name 'The Bank of Lower Canada' and the denomination 'FIVE DOLLARS' appear in bold letterpress text across the centre, with a handwritten promise-to-pay text and manuscript date below. |
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| Obverse lettering | LOWER CANADA FIVE DOLLARS The Bank of Lower Canada FIVE 5 |
| Reverse description | The reverse bears extensive manuscript endorsement text written in period cursive script across the entire surface, consistent with the commercial practice of endorsing negotiable instruments on the back. No printed design elements are visible; the plain paper ground served as a writing surface for transfer notations. |
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