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2 Dollars = 10 Shillings
| Issuer | Agricultural Bank, Toronto |
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| Year | 1837 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Engraved in the style characteristic of early North American private bank note production, the obverse carries a central pastoral vignette with cattle and agricultural figures in a landscape, flanked on the left by a standing female allegorical figure and on the right by a smaller oval vignette with a seated figure. The heading AGRICULTURAL BANK and inscription Upper Canada appear across the upper portion, with the denomination TWO in large letterpress numerals at each corner. The lower section bears a manuscript promise-to-pay text citing TEN SHILLINGS CURRENCY, the place of issue Toronto, the date 1 October 1837, and two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | AGRICULTURAL BANK Upper Canada TWO TEN SHILLINGS CURRENCY Promises to pay at its OFFICE in Matress to A. Buez or bearer on demand for Value received Toronto 1 Oct 1837 |
| Reverse description | The reverse carries no independently printed design; the thin paper stock allows the intaglio vignette, letterpress numerals, and manuscript inscriptions of the obverse to show through as a mirror image, a production characteristic common to early Canadian private bank notes of this period. |
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