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2 Piastres
| Issuer | Banque Canadienne |
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| Year | 1836 |
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| Composition | Cotton paper |
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| Obverse lettering | BANQUE CANADIENNE. LOWER CANADA DEUX Piastres DEUX 2 PIASTRES |
| Reverse description | Green-printed reverse dominated by a grid of large circular guilloche rosettes arranged in rows, with a central oval vignette containing a full-length standing male figure in period dress, holding a sword or cane. The overall layout is geometric and symmetrical, with fine lathe-work patterns filling the background of each rosette. |
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The Banque Canadienne was a short-lived institution chartered in Lower Canada during a period of intense political friction between the colonial assembly and British authorities — the same years that produced the Ninety-Two Resolutions and, ultimately, the 1837–38 Rebellions. Whether this note ever circulated meaningfully is unclear; the bank's operational history is poorly documented, and surviving examples are rare enough that no reliable circulation data exists.
The piastre denomination reflects the Spanish dollar unit still in common use in Lower Canada at the time, before decimal standardization under the 1841 Province of Canada currency reforms phased it out.