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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Provincial Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1856 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | PROVINCE OF CANADA PROVINCIAL BANK OF CANADA will pay to bearer FIVE Dollars on demand STANSTEAD ONE POUND FIVE FIVE SECURED BY DEPOSIT OF PROVINCIAL SECURITIES |
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| Reverse lettering | V V |
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The Provincial Bank of Canada was a short-lived institution, chartered in 1856 and operating primarily out of Starville and Belleville, Ontario. Its note issues were few, and the bank itself struggled to gain meaningful traction against the dominant chartered banks of the period — the Bank of Montreal and Bank of Upper Canada effectively controlled commercial credit in most of the province.
The American Bank Note Company printed this series from its New York facilities, as it did for dozens of Canadian chartered banks during the 1850s. Canadian printing infrastructure at the time simply could not match ABNCo's security printing capabilities, making cross-border production the default choice for any serious issuer.
The bank's charter lapsed within a few years, which kept total note output low and surviving examples genuinely uncommon.