Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Hamilton |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Printed in black and green intaglio on white cotton paper, the obverse centres on an oval vignette of an allegorical female figure seated on a rocky shoreline flanked by two reclining classical figures, with large green guilloche 'V' underprints positioned to either side. Red serial numbers appear horizontally in the upper field, while the bold letterpress inscription 'BANK OF HAMILTON' spans the upper portion beneath the legend 'DOMINION OF CANADA'. The lower border carries 'FIVE DOLLARS', with the date '1st. March, 1922' and place of issue 'Hamilton' noted in the lower left field. |
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| Reverse lettering | BANK OF HAMILTON FIVE DOLLARS |
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The Bank of Hamilton was absorbed by the Canadian Bank of Commerce in 1923, making this 1922 issue one of the final emissions under the Hamilton name. Notes dated this late in the bank's existence were printed in relatively small quantities and many were redeemed and destroyed as part of the merger's currency consolidation — surviving circulated examples are genuinely uncommon for that reason, not merely collector sentiment.
The American Bank Note Company had relocated its Canadian printing operations to Ottawa by this period, which is why Ottawa appears as the production site rather than New York.