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1973.11.45

ID Number: 1973.11.45
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: currency
Maker: British American Bank Note Co.
Date: 1877
Materials: paper, unknown
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 7 in
Description: Canadian 5 dollar bill
buff, green and black; "5/ the bank of British North America/ incorporated by Royal Charter/ this bank will pay/ the bearer five dollars on demand/ Montreal/ July 1877 [British coat of arms]
reverse: '5/ Bank British North America
torn; edge frayed; loses from edge and along fold; British American Bank Note co. Montreal/ 127595
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"
Place made: Canada
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Bank of British North America organization

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