Catalog
5 Dollars
| Issuer | Banque Provinciale du Canada, Montreal |
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| Year | 1935 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | CINQ / FIVE MONTREAL, LE 2 JANV. 1935 / MONTREAL, 2ND JAN. 1935 LA BANQUE PROVINCIALE DU CANADA THE PROVINCIAL BANK OF CANADA PAIERA AU PORTEUR A DEMANDE CINQ DOLLARS WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE DOLLARS PRESIDENT GERANT-GENERAL / GENERAL MANAGER BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO LTD OTTAWA |
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| Reverse lettering | LA BANQUE PROVINCIALE DU CANADA THE PROVINCIAL BANK OF CANADA CINQ DOLLARS FIVE DOLLARS BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO LTD OTTAWA |
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The Banque Provinciale du Canada was one of Quebec's smaller chartered banks, and by 1935 it was operating in increasingly difficult conditions — the Depression had already claimed several Canadian chartered banks, and the newly established Bank of Canada (also 1935) signaled that the era of private bank note circulation was running out. Notes from this period were being issued knowing full well that federally mandated centralization was imminent.
BABN printed extensively for Canadian chartered banks from their Ottawa plant throughout this period. The Banque Provinciale would cease issuing its own notes within a few years, making the 1935 series among the final outputs before the privilege was absorbed by Ottawa entirely.