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5 Shillings Sterling
| Uitgever | Hudson's Bay Company |
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| Jaar | 1832-1866 |
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| Valuta | Pound sterling (1694-date) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Printed in red ink on aged paper, the note bears the issuer's title HUDSONS BAY COMPANY across the upper portion, above a handwritten promise-to-pay text specifying Five Shillings Sterling at York Factory in Rupert's Land. A small armorial vignette appears in the upper left corner, alongside a manuscript serial number repeated twice in the left margin; the lower portion carries manuscript signatures of the Secretary and Accountant, with a handwritten issue date. |
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| Opschrift voorzijde | Five Shillings Sterl HUDSONS BAY COMPANY Promise to pay the Bearer on Demand the Sum of Five Shillings Sterl at York Factory in Rupert's Land For the Governor & Company of Adventurers of England trading into Hudsons Bay Secretary Accountant |
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| Opmerkingen |
Hudson's Bay Company notes occupy a peculiar legal position: the HBC was not a bank and had no charter to issue currency, yet it did so anyway across its vast territories in Rupert's Land where no chartered banking infrastructure existed. The Company's notes circulated as a practical necessity among fur traders, Indigenous peoples, and settlers who had no other reliable medium of exchange. Colonial authorities largely looked the other way.
The thirty-four year date span on this issue reflects continuous reuse of the same plate stock rather than distinct series changes — notes were dated by hand at the time of signing, with senior Company officers providing manuscript authorization.