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10 Dollars Barclays Bank (Canada)
| Issuer | Barclays Bank (Canada) |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited, Canada |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a seated allegorical female figure in classical drapery, resting her chin on one hand while leaning against a terrestrial globe at right; an anchor and other emblems appear at left, set against an intricate lathe-work guilloche background in orange and black. Denomination numerals '10' appear in ornate engine-turned counters at left and right, with an eagle device and the numeral '22' below the central vignette. Two manuscript signatures appear in the lower portion, identified as General Manager (left) and President (right), above the bold letterpress legend 'TEN DOLLARS' at the base. |
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| Signature(s) | Stevenson Bordon Magee |
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Barclays Bank (Canada) was a short-lived subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC, established to serve British commercial interests in Canada. It never built a meaningful retail network and surrendered its Canadian banking charter in 1956 — which makes any chartered private issue from this institution uncommon by definition. The 1935 date places this note in the final years of Canadian private chartered bank note issuance; the Bank of Canada was established that same year and began its monopoly on note circulation shortly after.
The Canadian Bank Note Company printed the series in Ottawa, as they did for most chartered banks still issuing at that point. Private chartered bank notes remained legal tender in Canada until 1950, though most had effectively disappeared from circulation well before then.