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5000 Dollars Dominion of Canada
| Issuer | Dominion of Canada |
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| Year | 1901 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Intaglio-printed engraved portrait vignette of Queen Victoria in three-quarter view at left, rendered in fine line work with intricate cross-hatching. At centre, the denomination numeral 5000 is set within an ornate cartouche flanked by heraldic lion supporters above the legend 'Five Thousand Dollars' in gothic lettering. The upper register carries the issuer title 'The Dominion of Canada' in large display script, with the border composed of repeated denomination numerals and fine guilloche work throughout. |
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| Reverse description | Elaborately engraved reverse composed entirely of intricate guilloche lathe-work forming symmetrical geometric patterns across the full field. The central medallion bears the denomination '5000' within a circular engine-turned rosette, flanked on either side by large numeral panels '5000' with dollar signs set against crosshatched backgrounds. The inscription 'DOMINION OF CANADA' arches across the upper central panel, with 'FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS' running along the lower margin, all enclosed within a scalloped decorative border. |
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The Dominion of Canada 5000 Dollar note of 1901 is among the highest-denomination issues ever produced for Canadian circulation — a figure so large that these notes functioned almost exclusively as interbank settlement instruments, moving between financial institutions rather than through commercial hands. The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa plant, which had absorbed the Canadian Bank Note Company operations, produced the series at a time when the Dominion was consolidating its currency infrastructure ahead of the eventual shift to chartered bank dominance.
Surviving examples are extraordinarily rare. Most were redeemed and destroyed through normal clearing cycles, which was the intended fate of high-denomination interbank paper. Pick lists P#25B as part of the broader 1897–1902 large-format Dominion issue.