5 Pounds / 20 Dollars Commercial Bank of Newfoundland, Written value

Issuer Newfoundland (Canadian provinces)
Year 1874
Type Standard circulation banknote
Value 5 Pounds
Currency Pound
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Shape Rectangular
Printer Perkins, Bacon & Petch (Perkins,Bacon and Co.), United Kingdom (1820-1935)
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Reference(s) P#S110
Obverse description Black print. Central is a woman reprecenting commerce. Above her is the bank name and top corners is the value in Pounds, while belowe Commerce is the value in Dollars. Left of the Dollar value is a seal and to the right is a codfish. Bahind the Dollar value is the law text.
Obverse lettering 5£ 5£ COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEWFOUNDLAND TWENTY DOLLARS We promise to pay the Bearer on Demand FIVE POUNDS Currency in SPECIE. SAINT JOHNS. 1st Jan / 1874
Reverse description Blank.
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Numisquare ID 2580335550
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