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5 Dollars

Issuer The Dominion Bank
Year 1896-1925
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Composition Cotton paper
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Obverse description The obverse is executed in fine intaglio engraving in green and black, with the bank title THE DOMINION BANK arched across the top and the location TORONTO with the date 1st January 1896 below. A central guilloche medallion carries the numeral 5 and the legend FIVE DOLLARS, flanked by two allegorical female figures in classical dress — one kneeling to the left and one seated to the right — set against an elaborate scrollwork underprint. The lower portion bears the text CHARTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT and a countersigned FIVE DOLLARS legend, with signature panels for the Cashier and President at the lower corners.
Obverse lettering THE DOMINION BANK
TORONTO
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
FIVE DOLLARS
CHARTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT
COUNTERSIGNED
FIVE DOLLARS
CASHIER
PRESIDENT
5
Reverse description The reverse is printed in green intaglio by the American Bank Note Company, Ottawa, and centres on a vignette of a bearded male figure — likely representing commerce or a river god — within a finely engraved medallion surmounted by the word FIVE. Two large lathe-work guilloche rosettes, each containing a bold numeral 5, flank the central vignette symmetrically. The bank name THE DOMINION BANK appears in a banner across the lower portion, with the printer's imprint American Bank Note Co. Ottawa below.
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