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| Issuer | Bank of Montreal |
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| Year | 1882 |
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| Currency | Canadian Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Black on green underprint; central vignette of Britannia with lion flanked by a large ornate V with numeral 5 at centre. Portrait of W. J. Buchanan at lower left and portrait of C. F. Smithers at lower right. Multiple signature varieties exist. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, with a central oval vignette of St. George slaying the dragon, enclosed within an elaborate guilloche border. Denomination numeral 5 appears in large form at left and right, with FIVE repeated in each corner. BANK OF MONTREAL and FIVE DOLLARS inscribed above and below the central vignette; printer's imprint at bottom margin. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF MONTREAL / FIVE / FIVE DOLLARS / FIVE / British American Bank Note Co. Montreal |
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