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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Union Bank of Canada, Winnipeg |
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| Year | 1921 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse lettering | UNION BANK OF CANADA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND WINNIPEG JULY 1ST 1921 FIVE DOLLARS 5 ORIGINAL MANAGER AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, OTTAWA |
| Reverse description | The reverse is essentially plain, printed on uncoated white cotton paper with only a faint rectangular border and ghost impressions from the obverse visible through the sheet, consistent with an unfinished or remainder note lacking a printed reverse design. |
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The Union Bank of Canada was absorbed by the Royal Bank of Canada in 1925, making this 1921 issue one of the final series produced before that merger extinguished the charter entirely. Notes issued in the last years of independent operation are typically found in lower grades — the bank remained active through its acquisition, so paper issued this late did circulate.
The American Bank Note Company operated a plant in Ottawa, which handled Canadian chartered bank work throughout this period. ABNC's Ottawa facility printed for numerous Canadian issuers simultaneously, and the engraving plates for this series followed the company's house conventions closely.