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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of British North America, St. John, New Brunswick |
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| Year | 1862 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA FIVE DOLLARS 5 DOLLARS This Bank will pay the Bearer on demand Five Dollars at St. John, New Brunswick INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER No. Acct. Man. |
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The Bank of British North America was chartered in London in 1836 and operated as a British-controlled institution throughout its colonial branches — St. John was one of several Maritime offices, not a headquarters. By 1862, New Brunswick was still five years from Confederation, and the province ran its own currency regime independently of the Canadas. The ABNC plate work from this period is among the company's more carefully executed colonial commissions.
Worth noting: BBNA notes from the St. John branch were sometimes overprinted or reissued through Halifax, so branch attribution on surviving examples occasionally requires scrutiny of the payable text.