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1973.11.44

ID Number: 1973.11.44
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: currency
Maker: British American Bank Note Co.
Date: 1878
Materials: paper, unknown
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 7 in
Description: buff black and green; the Dominion of Canada/ will pay/ to the bearer/ two/ dollars/ Montreal/ June[] 1878/ T.D. Harrington/ for receiver general
3/4 male bust in oval
reverse: 2/payable at/ Montreal
surface fibers raised; edges torn and frayed; dirty; British American Bank Note co. Montreal
History: This item and others from Windsor Public Library (WPL) (73.11) were found when the library relocated from Carnegie hall to its new Main library on Ouellette in 1973. Probably had been accumulated by the Essex Historical Society. Found in book owned by (George Bartlett, Windsor; Aug. 29, 1877) "Heath's Infallible Counterfeit Detector" Canadian 2 dollar bill
Place made: Canada
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Banks / Banques subject

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