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1973.11.49

ID Number: 1973.11.49
Category: Communication Artifacts
Sub-category: exchange medium
Item Name: currency
Date: 1868
Materials: paper, unknown
Measurements: overall: 3 in x 7 in
Description: Canadian one dollar bill:
buff, green and black
"capital $6,000,000/ one Toronto/ the merchants bank/ of Canada/ will pay one dollar to the bearer on demand Montreal Mar. 2nd 1868 [ ] cash Hugh Allan pres./ incorporated by act of parliament-province of Canada [commercial scene; two figures; male bust]
front and back separated; edges damaged; losses from edges; holes in paper left side
no.04166
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. Split for counterfeit purposes
Place made: Canada
Collection Name: Museum Windsor
Subject (Fre): Y

Subjects

Allan, Hugh person

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