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5 Dollars / Piastres
| Issuer | Farmers Bank of Rustico |
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| Year | 1872 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Blue-green intaglio print on white cotton paper. A central pastoral vignette occupies the upper register, depicting farm animals and figures in a rural landscape. The bold bank title FARMERS BANK OF RUSTICO is lettered across the centre, with the bilingual denomination FIVE DOLLARS / CINQ PIASTRES flanking a text promise-to-pay panel, dated RUSTICO 1872. |
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| Obverse lettering | FARMERS BANK OF RUSTICO FIVE DOLLARS CINQ PIASTRES RUSTICO Cashier |
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The Farmers Bank of Rustico operated on Prince Edward Island and holds the unusual distinction of being the only Roman Catholic parish-sponsored bank in Canadian history. Founded largely through the efforts of Father Georges-Antoine Belcourt, a missionary-turned-agrarian-reformer, it served Acadian farming communities who had been systematically excluded from credit by the established anglophone banks. The institution was tiny by any measure, and its note issues were correspondingly small in volume.
The dual printer credit — American Bank Note Company and British American Bank Note Company — reflects a transitional arrangement around ABNC's establishment of its Ottawa subsidiary in 1866. Surviving examples are genuinely scarce.