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| Issuer | Bank of Montreal |
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| Year | 1904 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF MONTREAL PAID UP CAPITAL $11,000,000 WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE DOLLARS MONTREAL, 23RD JANUARY 1904 PRESIDENT COUNTERSIGNED |
| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green intaglio, the reverse centres on an architectural vignette of the Bank of Montreal's head office, its neoclassical columned facade rendered with fine engraving detail and street-level figures at ground level. Large guilloche oval medallions bearing the numeral '5' flank the central vignette on both sides, set within intricate lathe-work borders. The bank title 'BANK OF MONTREAL' is inscribed along the upper margin, with 'Five Dollars' in serif letterpress along the lower border. |
| Reverse lettering | BANK OF MONTREAL Five Dollars AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA |
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