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1973.11.46

ID Number: 1973.11.46
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: currency
Maker: Toppax Carpenter & co.
Date: 1859
Materials: paper, unknown
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 7 3/16 in
Description: Canadian five dollar bill
buff, black and blue
"Province of Canada/ 5 no/ b/ on demand/ the Zimmerman bank/ will pay five dollars to bearer at/ the office of the bank here Elgin/ April 2nd 1859/ capital/ one million/ dollars/ S. Zimmerman/ president/ incorporated by act of parliament/ A. Smith/ cashier [railway across Niagara - falls in background; lady seated, upper left; train lower right
reverse: 5
Toppax Carpenter & 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. This bill was thought to have been lost when brought to the printers but was returned to collection on May 5, 1995
Place made: Canada
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

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Banks / Banques subject

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