5 Dollars

Issuer	Zimmerman Bank, Clifton for similar notes issued in Elgin, see CANADA PS-2053 & CANADA PS-2058 & CANADA PS-2061 & CANADA PS-2064
Year	1850
Type	Standard circulation banknote
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Obverse description	The obverse bears a central vignette of a suspension bridge over a river with industrial buildings in the background, rendered in fine intaglio engraving. The bold serif legend THE ZIMMERMAN BANK arches across the centre, with the denomination FIVE DOLLARS inscribed in a panel below, and the place of issue CLIFTON noted in the text. Numeral 5 counters appear in the upper corners, a lathe-work rosette at lower left bears the word FIVE, and a circular ONE MILLION DOLLARS overprint stamp is visible at lower centre, flanked by two manuscript signatures.
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Reverse description	The reverse is largely plain, printed on aged cotton paper now heavily worn and creased, with a bold red-orange letterpress denomination counter reading FIVE at centre, show-through from the obverse design faintly visible across the field.
Reverse lettering	FIVE
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