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5 Dollars Royal Bank of Canada
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1913 |
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| Size | 185 x 83 mm |
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| Reverse description | Black and green intaglio print. The British Royal Coat of Arms is centrally placed, supported by a lion and unicorn, flanked on each side by a large guilloche rosette with the numeral '5' and denomination letters; the motto ribbon reads 'DIEU ET MON DROIT'. |
| Reverse lettering | THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 5 FIVE DIEU ET MON DROIT (Translation: God and my right.) |
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The Royal Bank of Canada was still a relatively young national institution in 1913, having only adopted that name in 1901 after relocating its head office from Halifax to Montreal. This note predates the Dominion of Canada's eventual assertion of exclusive currency-issuing authority — chartered banks continued printing their own notes legally until 1944, when the Bank of Canada monopoly was finally enforced.
American Bank Note Company's New York plant handled this series, as it did for numerous Canadian chartered bank issues of the period. ABNC's intaglio work was among the most counterfeit-resistant available to private issuers at the time, which is part of why Canadian banks kept the contract for decades.