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5 Pounds
| Issuer | Bank of British North America |
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| Year | 1847 |
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| Shape | Rectangular |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on cream paper with a geometric lathe-work border. The bank's royal coat of arms vignette occupies the upper centre, flanked by numeral 5 counters in circular guilloche frames at left and right. A promise-to-pay text panel runs across the lower half, with a script 'Five' cartouche at lower left and SPECIMEN overprint in block capitals. |
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| Obverse lettering | BANK OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER St. John's Newfoundland Promise to Pay the Bearer on Demand FIVE POUNDS Currency IN SPECIE. Dated 1st of July 1847. For the Bank of British North America. Five SPECIMEN ENTd ACCOUNTt MANAGER |
| Reverse description | Plain unprinted cream paper with no design elements, consistent with a specimen or proof impression where only the obverse plate was applied. |
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