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1 Dollar
| Issuer | Union Bank, Montreal |
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| Year | 1838 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse lettering | THE UNION BANK One Dollar MONTREAL ONE Canada Cashier Pres. |
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| Protection type | Guilloche underprint |
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| Comments |
The Union Bank of Montreal was chartered in 1865 — which makes a note attributed to it in 1838 immediately suspect. No Union Bank operating under that name in Montreal had legal note-issuing authority that early. The more likely issuer is a predecessor institution or a misattributed charter, and the Pick reference P#1977 falls within a range used for Canadian chartered bank notes where attribution has historically been contested or revised.
Guilloche underprint on Canadian chartered bank paper this early is unusual — most security printing of this sophistication arrived in the 1850s with American bank note companies entering the Canadian market.