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10 Dollars
| Issuer | Sterling Bank of Canada, Toronto |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Reverse description | Printed in blue, the centre vignette presents a large numeral 10 flanked by a standing Native American figure at left and a woodsman at right, all set within a dense guilloche framework. Ornate X-shaped denominational counters appear at each corner, with the bank title arched across the top and TEN DOLLARS below the central numeral. The printer's imprint reads BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. LTD., OTTAWA, CAN. |
| Reverse lettering | THE STERLING BANK OF CANADA TEN DOLLARS BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE CO. LTD., OTTAWA, CAN. |
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The Sterling Bank of Canada was absorbed by the Standard Bank of Canada in 1924, making its note issues a short-lived affair confined to roughly a decade of independent operation. This 1921 ten-dollar note falls near the end of that window — well printed by the British American Bank Note Company in Ottawa, whose engraving quality during this period was generally reliable.
The Sterling Bank never operated as a major chartered institution; its branch network was modest and concentrated in Ontario. Notes from smaller chartered banks of this era were frequently returned to the issuing branch rather than circulating widely, which affects survivor populations in ways that raw scarcity figures don't always capture.