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50 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque d'Hochelaga |
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| Year | 1898-1907 |
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| Value | 50 Piastres |
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| Obverse description | Black on white intaglio-printed note with elaborate guilloche border and corner numerals '50'. At centre, a rectangular panel bears the bank title 'BANQUE D'HOCHELAGA' in bold arched lettering above a central vignette cartouche inscribed 'CINQUANTE PIASTRES', flanked by two oval portrait vignettes — a distinguished bearded gentleman to the left and an older bearded gentleman to the right, each identified below as 'GÉRANT GÉNÉRAL' and 'PRÉSIDENT' respectively. The promise text 'Paiera au porteur à demande' appears above the date line 'Montréal, le 1er Mars, 1907', with the issuing authority's charter details 'PROVINCE DE QUÉBEC — INCORPORÉE EN 1873 — AUTORISÉ $4,000,000 — CAPITAL' inscribed along the upper margin. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is plain, printed on unadorned white cotton paper with no design elements, vignettes, or inscriptions, consistent with many Canadian chartered bank notes of this era. |
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| Variants | P#S799p1 - Black on green and olive-green underprint. Face proof. 2.5.1898; 1.3.1907 P#S799p2 - Black. Face proof. 1.3.1907 |
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