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5 Shillings Sterling
| Issuer | Hudson's Bay Company, York Factory |
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| Year | 1820-1828 |
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| Currency | Pound sterling (1694-date) |
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| Obverse description | Letterpress-printed note on plain paper bearing the Hudson's Bay Company armorial vignette — a shield with supporters and crest — at the upper left, flanked by manuscript annotations in the left margin. The body of the note carries engraved and handwritten text promising payment of Five Shillings Sterling at York Factory in Rupert's Land, drawn on a Bill of Exchange payable sixty days after sight at Hudson's Bay House, London, with the note number, issue date, and place of issue at York Factory filled in manuscript. Signatures of the Secretary, Governor, and Accountant appear at the foot of the text, with endorsements in the left margin. |
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| Obverse lettering | Five Shillings Sterl. HUDSONS BAY COMPANY Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of Five Shillings Sterl. at York Factory in Ruperts Land, on a Bill of Exchange payable Sixty days after Sight at the HUDSONS BAY HOUSE, London. For the Governor & Company of Adventurers of England Trading into Hudsons Bay. Issued at YORK FACTORY Secretary Governor Accountant |
| Reverse description | The reverse is largely plain paper with faint printed text visible at the top from show-through of the obverse. The lower portion carries two horizontal bands of intricate lathe-work guilloche ornament in fine engraved line work, forming a decorative panel of interlocking scrollwork across the full width of the note. |
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