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5 Dollars = 1 Pound-5 Shillings
| Issuer | Bank of British North America |
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| Year | 1848 |
| Type | Pattern or trial banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio engraving. Two oval vignettes flank the centre: a sailing ship at left and a beehive at right. Central allegorical group of two female figures appears above the text panel, with $5 counters at upper left and right. Supported royal arms appear at bottom centre, above the imprint. A SPECIMEN overprint is visible across the promise text. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ISSUED & PAYABLE AT THE SIMCOE AGENCY SIMCOE TWENTY-FIVE SHILLINGS FIVE DOLLARS $5 This Bank will pay the Bearer on demand ONE POUND FIVE SHILLINGS Curr. HAMILTON 1st Jany 1848 INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER SPECIMEN |
| Reverse description | Reverse printed on plain, unprinted cream-white paper stock with no design elements, consistent with an unfinished specimen or trial note. The paper shows the texture and weight typical of mid-19th-century cotton banknote stock. |
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