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2 Dollars/Piastres
| Issuer | Union Bank, Montreal |
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| Year | 1838 |
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| Reference(s) | P#S1972 |
| Obverse description | The obverse is laid out horizontally with the place and date line reading 'MONTREAL' and 'LOWER CANADA' at the top. Two large octagonal lathe-work counters bearing the numeral '2' flank a central allegorical vignette of a seated female figure in a classical landscape with a river and vessel in the background. Vertical panel lettering on the left reads 'TWO DOLLARS' and on the right 'DEUX PIASTRES', while the body of the note carries a bilingual promise-to-pay text in English and French above two manuscript signatures. |
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| Obverse lettering | MONTREAL LOWER CANADA UNION BANK TWO DOLLARS DEUX PIASTRES 2 DEUX PIASTRES TWO DOLLARS |
| Reverse description | The reverse is printed entirely in brown ink and displays a symmetrical arrangement of multiple large guilloche rosettes of varying sizes, with smaller vignettes of a beaver, a stag, and a steamboat interspersed between the circular lathe-work elements. The words 'STEEL' and 'PLATE' appear in bold letterpress within ornamental frames at the top and bottom centre respectively, flanked by elaborate engine-turned border panels. |
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