4 Dollars

Features

Obverse

In the top left and right corner the value "4" and the number of the banknote is repeated and printed twice in blue. In the top center the inscription "Dominion of Canada" and below printed in an oval, a portrait of the Duke of Argyll, Governor General and Marquis of Lome. On the left side of the portrait, four cherubs and the Victoria Bridge and on the right side, the Great Seal of Canada in orange/brown.

Lettering:
FOUR FOUR - FOUR FOUR
FOUR IV FOUR 4 FOUR IV FOUR - DOMINION - OF CANADA - FOUR IV FOUR 4 FOUR IV FOUR
IV - FOUR - 4
4
FOUR FOUR 4 FOUR FOUR - FOUR FOUR 4 FOUR FOUR
THE DOMINION OF CANADA
Will pay to bearer
FOUR DOLLARS
FOUR FOUR
Ottawa
May 1st 1882
COUNTERSIGNER - FOR RECEIVER GENERAL
4 FOUR IV FOUR 4 FOUR IV FOUR - FOUR IV FOUR 4 FOUR IV FOUR 4
British American BankNote Co. Montreal

Reverse

A large composition of rosettes printed in green monochrome.

Lettering:
4 FOUR 4 FOUR 4 - 4 FOUR 4 FOUR 4
4 FOUR DOLLARS - FOUR DOLLARS 4
4
DOMINION OF CANADA
4 FOUR DOLLARS - FOUR DOLLARS 4
4 FOUR 4 FOUR 4 - 4 FOUR 4 FOUR 4

Comments

Sales:
→ "The banknote pictured here was sold in 2006 for $1,495.00 by Heritage Auctions, Auction #418, lot #15931, The Halton Lake Collection."

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