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Royal Canadian Bank $1 1865

Currency:CAD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Canada Start Price:7,500.00 CAD Estimated At:15,000.00 - 20,000.00 CAD
Royal Canadian Bank $1 1865
SOLD
17,000.00CADto floor+ buyer's premium
This item SOLD at 2014 May 29 @ 22:36UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Royal Canadian Bank $1 1865 - Continental Bank Note Co. printing, Payable at Montreal, 2734/A, Charlton #635-12-04-01.
The discovery note and only known $1 of this type, we offer this lovely F-VF note with a few insignificant staple holes. (The only other Payable Montreal issued note is a punch cancelled $5 in the Bank of Canada collection.)
The Duke of Wellington vignette is at the left, the Royal Canadian Bank seal is superimposed on the Royal Crest at centre, and a blacksmith stands at his forge at the right. The note bears the engraved T. Woodside signature at left, and the bold manuscript signature M. H. Gault (per) at the right. Gault was manager of the Montreal branch from 1866 to 1870, and later became the President of the ill-fated Exchange Bank of Canada. This splendid rarity was discovered in a purse in a secret compartment of an antique desk in England, and first reported in April 2013.
All notes of the Royal Canadian Bank are rare, and none are rarer than this.