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10 Dollars
| Issuer | The Molsons Bank, Montreal |
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| Year | 1922 |
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| Printer | British American Bank Note Company, Ottawa |
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| Obverse description | Green and black intaglio note with a central oval portrait vignette of a distinguished gentleman in formal attire at centre, set against a green underprint carrying large counter-numerals "10" to either side. The bank title THE MOLSONS BANK in bold serif lettering spans the upper panel beneath the arch DOMINION OF CANADA, while the date JULY 3RD, 1922 and the inscription CHARTERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT 1855 appear below the portrait. Two red serial numbers are printed above the side counters, with signature lines for Countersigned, General Manager, and President along the lower margin. |
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| Reverse description | Printed entirely in green, the reverse centres on a circular vignette bearing the Molsons Bank coat of arms with the motto INDUSTRIA ET SPE, enclosed within an ornate lathe-work guilloche border. Numeral counters "10" occupy the left and right panels within guilloche frames, and THE MOLSONS BANK arches across the top in bold serif lettering. The lower panel carries TEN DOLLARS in large letterpress, with repeated counter-numerals along all four margins. |
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The Molsons Bank was one of Canada's longest-surviving chartered banks, tracing its origins to 1855 and the Molson brewing family's financial interests. By 1922, however, the institution was already in its final years — it merged with the Bank of Montreal in 1925, making this note part of the last generation of Molsons issues ever produced.
The British American Bank Note Company, operating out of Ottawa, held longstanding contracts with several of the chartered banks and produced most of Molsons' later series. Notes from this final pre-merger period were issued in relatively modest quantities, and circulated examples that survived the redemption process are considerably scarcer than their face frequency suggests.