[…] took their place. The Ayr Bank pioneered a branch system of a sort in the 1770s. It employed part-time agents in smaller towns, largely to circulate Ayr Bank notes through the purchase of bills of exchange. Personnel in this system turned over rapidly. The agents rarely had permanent offices, and conducted their business in much […]
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Select to see more[…] While the Minister of Finance and Receiver General were meeting with the Bank of Montreal in August 1866, the Auditor General, John Langton, met with the American Bank Note Company in New York. An agreement was worked out whereby the "Quebec" plates were to be suitably modified and sufficient of the new plates for printing […]
Select to see more[…] li in ne e a at t: : www.rcna.ca/2018/register.php The September 2017 auction by Geoffrey Bell 1contained the ugly but interesting $10 1857 Bank of Upper Canada bank note shown in Figure 1. The note was described as: "Bank of Upper Canada $10, 185?—New Discovery CH- 770-16-04-02. Ragged and rough, but . . . wait […]
Select to see more[…] . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 30 …and much more! Last fall, the Bank of Canada released Canada's first vertical bank note , the $10 featuring Viola Desmond. But, it wasn't the first time the Bank had considered a vertica l format. The Bank of Canada’s March blog […]
Select to see more[…] half-penny and are of th e highly artistic desig n ch arac teri stic of all the works of that firm and their successor the Americ an Bank Note Co mp any. 102 The Hon. A. Cuvillier, the founder of that firm , was a financier of the first order, he early entered business on […]
Select to see more[…] sheet of BABN . (photo by W Allan) The back cover shows an engraving of the Empress Eugenie from the Allan Collection . CONTENTS THE BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY: ITS FORMA TION AND FIRST CONTRACT WITH THE GOVERNMENT OFCA NADA ............ ..... ................... .............. ............... ......... ....... ........ .......... 5 TH E TROUBL ES […]
Select to see more[…] its Ingersoll , Onto branch. He later read the same paper before the Fredericton Numismatic Society , May 8, 1975. BANK OF TORONTO - ORIGIN OF A BANK NOTE DESIGN by Waiter D. Allan, C.P.M.S. Research Director Researclz Director Waiter D. Allall relates the origill of the double portrait design used on the back of […]
Select to see more[…] Drs. MacLeod and Banting were awarded the Nobel Prize for their efforts (Dr. Best being left out of the honour). This will be the first C anadian bank note to go into my topical collection of world bank notes with images relating to the Nobel Prize. Ernest Rutherford won the 1908 Nobel Prize for physics […]
Select to see more[…] n n ’ ’ s s G r r e e e e t i n n g s s A classic vignette from the British American Bank Note Company carries our Best Wishes for the Holiday Season Page 100 Canadian Paper Money Society Journal 2019 ISSN 0045–5237 The Canadian Paper Money Journal is published […]
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