5 Dollars

Issuer	Commercial Bank of Newfoundland
Year	1888
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Obverse description	Left vignette of a sailor in profile; central vignette of an allegorical seated figure of Commerce with a sailing vessel in the background, flanked by serial numbers; a seal vignette appears at lower right. Bank title in bold letterpress at top, with denomination "Five Dollars" in large script across the centre.
Obverse lettering	COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEWFOUNDLAND / WE PROMISE TO PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND / Five Dollars / FIVE / 5 / DOLLARS / Saint Johns / CASHIER / MANAGER
Reverse description	Entirely engraved in green ink, the reverse presents an intricate guilloche lathe-work pattern filling the entire field, with numeral "5" counters at left and right within circular medallions. The bank title "COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEWFOUNDLAND" is set in a central rectangular panel framed by geometric engine-turned borders.
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