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5 Dollars / 1 Pound and 10 Pence Royal Bank of Canada
| Issuer | The Royal Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1920 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1822-1964) |
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| Obverse description | A central intaglio vignette of a steam ship underway at sea occupies the middle of the note, set within an ornate engraved frame with elaborate guilloche scrollwork at the corners. The bank title THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA arcs across the top in bold letterpress, with denomination cartouches reading FIVE TRINIDAD DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £1-0-10 at upper left and right. The date January 2nd 1920 and place of issue Port of Spain, Trinidad appear in script at lower left, flanked by two manuscript signatures above the printed designations GENERAL MANAGER and PRESIDENT, with the legend REDEEMABLE ONLY IN TRINIDAD at centre below. |
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| Reverse lettering | FIVE TRINIDAD DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £1-0-10 FIVE TRINIDAD DOLLARS THE EQUIVALENT OF £1-0-10 THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA DIEU ET MON DROIT |
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The dual denomination — 5 Dollars on one face, 1 Pound and 10 Pence on the other — reflects a practical reality of Caribbean commerce in 1920, where British colonial territories operated on sterling while Canadian trade and banking ran on dollars. The Royal Bank had significant operations throughout the West Indies by this period, and a single note serving both currency systems reduced the need for separate issues across multiple branches.
The American Bank Note Company's Ottawa plant handled the job, that branch having taken on substantial Canadian chartered bank work after the First World War.