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Bank of Canada $5, 1 June 1823, Counterfeit

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:150.00 CAD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 CAD
Bank of Canada $5, 1 June 1823, Counterfeit
SOLD
800.00CAD+ (160.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2020 May 01 @ 22:27UTC-4 : AST/EDT

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CH 70-13-30c. EF. All notes of this early bank are very scarce, with not more than ten examples of this counterfeit known at present. Reed & Stiles imprint, but likely manufactured by the Dunham counterfeit gang in the Eastern Townships, just north of the Vermont border. Four of the recorded notes have been described as EF, none better.