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50 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Hamilton |
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| Year | 1914 |
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| Value | 50 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | DOMINION OF CANADA BANK OF HAMILTON WILL PAY TO BEARER FIFTY DOLLARS ON DEMAND HAMILTON, ONT., 1ST JUNE 1914 AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY |
| Reverse description | Printed in red-brown on white cotton paper, the reverse carries a central vignette of a seated allegorical female figure wearing a crown, set within an elaborate engine-turned guilloche surround, flanked by two large numeral '50' medallions with intricate lathe-work borders. 'BANK OF HAMILTON' is inscribed across the top and 'DOMINION OF CANADA' along the lower margin, with the imprint of the American Bank Note Company at the foot. |
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The Bank of Hamilton was one of Ontario's oldest chartered banks, founded in 1872, but by 1914 it was already in its final years — the Canadian Bank of Commerce absorbed it in 1924. Notes from this late period were issued under the provisions of the Bank Act of 1913, which tightened reserve requirements and accelerated consolidation among smaller regional institutions.
The American Bank Note Company printed the bulk of Canadian chartered bank issues of this period from its New York facility, and the Hamilton series shares plate characteristics with several contemporaries. At fifty dollars, this denomination would have seen limited everyday handling — primarily commercial and interbank settlement use, which partly accounts for survivors in decent condition.