Banknotes from Upper Canada

During the period 1794 to 1867, Great Britain's foreign policy was to maintain rigid control of the British North American colonies. Colonies were to produce the raw materials needed by the homeland and to pay for imported goods in what the mother country considered legal tender. As the local colonial economies grew the need for circulating coinage became quite acute because they were constantly short of legal tender coins. Consequently the colonists resorted to their own ingenuity and produced many local tokens from many sources, including counterfeits.
Wikidata: Q795427

See also: Canada, Canadian provinces, British Columbia, Alberta, Newfoundland

Upper Canada: Swap banknotes Coins Exonumia
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Pound

1 Dollar / 1 Piastre / 5 Shillings (The agricultural bank) – obverse
1 Dollar / 1 Piastre / 5 Shillings (The agricultural bank) – reverse
1 Dollar / 1 Piastre / 5 Shillings (The agricultural bank)
1835-1837
Local banknote
175 × 74 mm
Ch BN# 12-02, N# 330327
2 Dollars - Bank of Upper Canada (Kingston) – obverse
2 Dollars - Bank of Upper Canada (Kingston) – reverse
2 Dollars - Bank of Upper Canada (Kingston)
1820
Local banknote
170 × 69 mm
Ch BN# 12-04, N# 330402
4 Dollars / 1 Pound - Bank of British North America, Brantford – obverse
4 Dollars / 1 Pound - Bank of British North America, Brantford – reverse
4 Dollars / 1 Pound - Bank of British North America, Brantford
1853
Trial banknote

P# S221, N# 375175

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