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5 Dollars / Piastres
| Uitgever | Bank of Canada |
|---|---|
| Jaar | 1818-1823 |
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| Waarde | Log in om details te zien |
| Valuta | Dollar (1858-date) |
| Samenstelling | Log in om details te zien |
| Afmetingen | Log in om details te zien |
| Vorm | Log in om details te zien |
| Drukker | Log in om details te zien |
| Ontwerper(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| Graveur(s) | Log in om details te zien |
| In omloop tot | Log in om details te zien |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Early Canadian colonial note with a central vignette of a seated female allegorical figure in a landscape, flanked by two oval counters bearing the numeral 5 at left and the Roman numeral V at right, with the issuer's name 'Bank of Canada' rendered in ornate script across the centre. The promise-to-pay text is hand-lettered in copperplate script, referencing Montreal as place of issue. The left margin carries a vertical 'CINQ PIASTRES' inscription, and the note bears manuscript serial number, date, and two manuscript signatures of the Cashier and President at the lower register. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Log in om details te zien |
| Beschrijving keerzijde | Plain unprinted reverse of cream-coloured cotton paper, heavily aged and worn, with several manuscript endorsements or signatures written in ink across the surface, consistent with early 19th-century bearer note practice. |
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| Handtekening(en) | Log in om details te zien |
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| Opmerkingen |
No Bank of Canada existed until 1934. Notes issued under that name in 1818–1823 almost certainly originate from one of the early Montreal-based private chartered banks — likely the Bank of Montreal, which received its charter in 1817 and began issuing bilingual dollar/piastre notes almost immediately. The dual denomination wording reflects Lower Canada's practical reality: a French-speaking population that calculated in livres and piastres alongside an anglophone merchant class working in dollars.
The Pick reference P#1593 does not correspond to any entry in standard Krause/Pick cataloguing for the Bank of Canada series, which begins decades later. Verify the issuing institution before listing.