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5 Pounds Royal Bank of Canada
| Issuer | Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1911 |
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| Currency | Pound (1822-1969) |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMINION OF CANADA THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA INCORPORATED 1869 WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND FIVE POUNDS AT ITS BRANCH IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA |
| Reverse description | The central vignette presents the British Royal Arms in finely engraved intaglio, with lion and unicorn supporters, crowned shield bearing the quartered arms, and the motto ribbon 'DIEU ET MON DROIT' below. The numeral '5' and split legend 'FI5VE' appear symmetrically to each side within ornate guilloche panels, and the denomination 'FIVE POUNDS' is inscribed across the top arch. The bank name 'THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA' runs along the lower border with the printer's imprint beneath. |
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The Royal Bank of Canada operated a substantial branch network in the British Caribbean in the early twentieth century, and this sterling-denominated 5 Pounds note was issued specifically for that business — Canadian dollars would have been useless on the ground in Jamaica or Trinidad. The decision to denominate in pounds rather than dollars reflects the commercial reality of colonial trade finance, not any ambiguity about the bank's Canadian identity.
ABNC's Ottawa plant handled this printing, the same facility responsible for much of Canada's chartered bank output during the period before federal consolidation ended private note issue.