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5 Dollars The Dominion Bank
| Issuer | The Dominion Bank |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited |
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| Obverse lettering | V THE DOMINION BANK 5 WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND TORONTO, 2nd JAN. 1935 FIVE FIVE DOLLARS GENERAL MANAGER. PRESIDENT. CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED 5 V |
| Reverse description | Uniformly printed in green, the reverse centres on a large intaglio cartographic vignette of Canada showing provincial boundaries, waterways, and geographic relief rendered in fine line-engraving. Ornate guilloche medallions enclosing the numeral "5" occupy the left and right flanks, with scroll-work corner pieces completing the frame. The bank title appears in a bold serif banner at the top, and "FIVE DOLLARS" is set in a matching panel at the foot, above the printer's imprint. |
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The Dominion Bank was a Toronto-chartered institution founded in 1871, operating as an independent Canadian chartered bank until its 1925 merger with the Bank of Toronto — which means a 1935 issue date under the Dominion Bank name requires scrutiny. Notes carrying that date likely represent remainder stock or were issued under transitional authorizations, as the merged entity had been trading as Bank of Toronto for a decade by then. The Canadian Bank Note Company printed for numerous chartered banks simultaneously from its Ottawa plant, and plate reuse across series was common.