Katalog
| Emittent | La Banque Nationale |
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| Jahr | 1922 |
| Typ | Standard circulation banknote |
| Nennwert | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Währung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Material | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Größe | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Form | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Druckerei | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Designer | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Stecher | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Im Umlauf bis | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Referenz(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Vorderseitenbeschreibung | Black and orange intaglio print on white cotton paper. The centre carries an oval portrait vignette of a distinguished gentleman in formal attire, framed by fine guilloche scrollwork. The bilingual issuer title 'LA BANQUE NATIONALE' arches across the top, with the date 'QUEBEC, LE 2 NOVEMBRE 1922' below, and the denomination appears in both French ('CINQUANTE PIASTRES') and English ('FIFTY DOLLARS') flanking the central vignette; the word 'SPECIMEN' is overprinted in red on both sides. |
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| Vorderseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenbeschreibung | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Rückseitenlegende | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Unterschrift(en) | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Sicherheitsmerkmal | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Beschreibung der Sicherheitsmerkmale | Anmelden um Details zu sehen |
| Varianten | Specimen note - overprinted SPECIMEN in red |
| Anmerkungen |
La Banque Nationale was a Quebec-based chartered bank, founded in Quebec City in 1859 and operating until its 1924 merger with Banque d'Hochelaga to form Banque Canadienne Nationale. This note was printed just two years before that merger — likely among the final issues the bank placed with the British American Bank Note Company before the consolidation rendered its chartered status obsolete.
The dual denomination in piastres and dollars reflects a naming convention that lingered well into the twentieth century in Quebec, long after "piastre" had ceased to function as a distinct monetary unit and survived purely as colloquial French for the Canadian dollar.