Banknotes of the Commercial Bank of Newfoundland
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Banknotes were issued by the Commercial Bank of Newfoundland at various times between 1857 and 1888. The notes are quite rare.
These notes have a figure representing commerce in the centre of the notes. They were printed by Perkins, Bacon and Company, and British American Bank Note Company Limited
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[edit] Pound currency issue (1857-58)
- PS101. 1 pound. 25 August 1857; 20 October 1858. Black. Uniface.
a. Issued note. p. Proof note. 18xx.
- PS102. 5 pounds. 18xx. Black. Proof note.
- PS103. 10 pounds. 18xx. Black. Proof note.
- PS104. 20 pounds. 18xx. Black. Proof note.
[edit] Dual currency issue (1865-67)
- PS106. 1 pound / 4 dollars. 1 January 1867. Black on blue underprint.
- PS107. 5 pounds / 20 dollars. 1 January 1867. Black on red-brown underprint.
- PS108. 10 pounds / 40 dollars. 1865; 1 January 1867. Black on green underprint.
[edit] Dual currency issue (1874-85)
- PS109. 1 pound / 4 dollars. 1874-84. Like PS106.
a. 1 January 1874; 1 March 1882. b. 1 July 1884.
- PS110. 5 pounds / 20 dollars. 1874; 1885. Like PS107, but different guilloche in the centre of the note.
a. 1 January 1874. p. 1 July 1885. Proof note.
[edit] Decimal currency issue (1881-84)
a. 1 January 1881; 1882. b. 1 July 1884.
[edit] Decimal currency issue (1888)
- PS112. 2 dollars. 3 January 1888. Black on orange underprint. Sailor at lower left, fisherman at lower right. Green back.
The following notes PS113 to PS117 have a black on green underprint and a green back.
- PS113. 2 dollars. 3 January 1888. Like PS112.
- PS114. 5 dollars. 3 January 1888. Sailor at lower left, seals at right.
- PS115. 10 dollars. 3 January 1888. Crowned portrait of Queen Victoria at lower left, sailor at lower right.
a. Issued note. b. Redemption overprint: 2 DOLLARS.
- PS116. 20 dollars. 3 January 1888. Man, woman, and telescope at lower left, dog's head at lower right.
- PS117. 50 dollars. 3 January 1888. Boy and dog at lower left, anchor at lower right.
[edit] References
- Cuhaj, George S. (editor) (2006). Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: Specialized Issues, 10th ed., Krause Publications. ISBN 0-89689-161-5.