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The Canadian Paper Money Journal - Volume 33 1997

Table of Contents
The Dominion Bank Note Company ................... Christopher D Ryan    5
Bank of British Columbia Notes Statistics ........... Robert J Graham    9
Flashbacks from a Bankers Memory: ...................................
 Reminiscences of Walter B Boucher .... Walter B Boucher & Ron Greene   17
Dominion of Canada notes of 1897-98: Essays & Proofs . Walter D Allan   31
Dominion of Canada Essays, 1903, Walter D Allan .....................   44

The Canadian Paper Money Newsletter

Index to Volume 5 1997

Biography
Sen. James Rea Benson {Niagara District Bank} .......................   15 
Sir Thomas Galt ............................................ R Graham   16
Sir Joseph Hickson ......................................... R Graham   58
Lionel Ridout .............................................. R Graham   82
Sir John Rose .............................................. R Graham  120

Book Reviews
Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Government Paper Money ......
 10th edition .......................................................   72
Paper Money of Serbia and Yugoslavia 1876-1996 ......................   22

Bank of Canada
A Visit to Bank of Canada Currency Museum ................... H Brown   80
A Plate Number Mystery ..................................... G Fraser  112
Comment on I Prefix Next to Numerals ....................... G Fraser   36
Last Replacement Notes With Thiessen-Crow Signatures ........ G Esler   49
What's New in Prefixes ..................................... L Wojtiw   53, 113
Whither Replacement Notes? ..........................................   29
 Closing The Gap on 1935 Large/Small Seal Changeover ........ G Neale   54 
 Revised High/Low Replacement Note Numbers
? $1 Asterisk Notes................................ L Wojtiw: A Wiebe   20
? various Bank of Canada Notes .............................. J Caddy   52
? various $1 Asterisk Notes ................................ J Klesko   73
? various .................................. Knight, Argentino, Brown  118
? 1971 $10 Replacement Notes ............................... W  Allan   48
The Anomalous $2 1954 Prefix *ZZ ........................... R Graham   78
1967 $1 Replacement Notes .................................. L Wojtiw  119
$1 1973 *FH Replacement Note Census .................................   48
Boat on $5 Bill Retires to Museum ...................................    4
$5 1972 RS Test Notes Listing .......................................    5, 95
Unusual $5 1972 *SB ............................... E Knight, H Sayer   99
Unlisted $20 1969 Replacement Note Prefix ...........................   50
Wide / Narrow B Varieties of 1986 $2 Notes ................. L Wojtiw    6
New Low Number for $2 BBP { Narrow B } ...................... S Bolen   46
Numbers of $2 BRX Notes Supplied to Royal Canadian Mint .............   26
New High Numbers for AIW $20
? B Fretz ...........................................................   52
? B Fretz ...........................................................  119
Subtle Change in $100 Bird Series Back ...................... E Sheer  109

Chartered Bank History and Practices
Bank Branches and Managers in 1875 .......................... P Berry  106
Acadian Parish of  Rustico and Farmers Bank of Rustico ..............   68
Farmers Bank of Rustico Restoration Project .........................   37
Progress on Farmers Bank of Rustico .................................   69
Molsons Bank Head Office, photo ............................ R Greene   50
Bank of Naples - Moncton Branch .............................. G Bell   38
History of The Niagara District Bank ................................    8
The Bank of Ottawa .......................................... J Alden   88
Ontario Bank - reference to failure, Toronto Star ............ D Dunn  104

Chartered Bank Notes
Register of Known Notes of Bank of Acadia .................... G Bell   74
Sale of Rare Commercial Bank of Manitoba Note ............ D Olmstead    1, 4
Notes on The Bank of the County of Elgin .................... W Allan   77
Farmers Bank of Rustico Note Register ...............................   38
Farmers Bank of Rustico Note Register .................. H Eisenhauer  102
Unlisted Imperial Bank  Note Discovered .................. D Olmstead   49
Imperial Bank of Canada $100 1920 ...................................   22
Banque Jacques Cartier Proofs Discovered .................... W Allan   96
Banque Jacques Cartier First Issue Portraits ............... R Graham   98
Grenville County Bank Notes Were Issued ..................... W Allan  105
Index of Note Registers Published in Newsletter .....................  114
Niagara District Bank Reprints ........................... J Charlton   14
Altered Notes of Niagara District Bank ..................... R Greene   17
Register of Surviving Notes Niagara District Bank .......... R Graham   21
Notes of Bank of Prince Edward Island, First Issue .......... W Allan  116

Cheques, Promissory Notes, etc.
Historic Names on Cheques .................................. R Graham 
? Thomas Galt .......................................................   16
? Joseph Hickson ....................................................   58
? Lionel Ridout .....................................................   82
? John Rose .........................................................  120
Promissory Note, Niagara Districk Bank .................... D Stewart   21

Dominion of Canada Notes
Price Trends {$1 1911 Grey Issue} ......................... D Gosling   86
Rare Train Note Sets Record Price ...................................   61

Error Notes
Error Note Explained ........................................ W Allan    7
Mismatched Serial Numbers Error .......................... S Halliday   39
$2 Sheet Error .............................................. W Allan   24
$2 1954 Error Note ........................................... J Wong   24
$5 1972 Folding / Cutting Error .............................. J Wong   54
$5 1986 Folding / Cutting Error ............................. H Brown   81
$20 Ink Smear .................................................. Anon  104

Information Please
Fraser & Co. cheque .......................................... C Ryan   22
Newaygo Timber Co. POW Script ............................... S Bolen   39

In The Marketplace
BABN Archives Proofs to be Sold ............................. W Allan   76
Jeffrey Hoare Auctions Sale #55 21 Feb 1997 .........................   18
Jeffrey Hoare Auctions Sale #57 24 Oct 1997 .........................  110
Moore Numismatic Auction 1997 ONA Sale ..............................   51  

Modern Trade/Souvenir Notes
Cap-St-Ignace  325th Anniversary Trade Notes ............... J Remick   84
1997 Souvenir Note Issued by SNQ ........................... J Remick  116

Obituries
In Memoriam: Benoit Benoit ............................. W H McDonald   70
In Memoriam: Jack Veffer .................................. J Regitko   41

Post Cards
Sydney, Nova Scotia ........................................ R Greene  121

Private Banks
Listing of Early 20th Century Private Bankers ................ C Ryan   42
J A Halsted Document ........................................ W Allan  123

Scrip
Canadian Tire Corporation 75th Anniversary Coupons ..................    7
Charlottetown PEI Centennial Script .......................... J Wong  103
Eaton's Script ............................................... D Hurl   84
The Kootenay Barter of Nelson BC ........................... R Greene  100
Interesting Piece of Stage Money ........................... B Graham   85
Sunnybank of Victoria 100 Berries Note ..................... R Greene   71

Trust  Companies
The Dominion Trust Company ................................. R Greene   32


The Canadian Paper Money Journal - 1995

Table of Contents
The Quest for a Govt Paper Currency in the Prov of Cda, by C.D. Ryan .   5
The Union Bank of Canada, Notes and Essays, by Walter D. Allan .......  25
Bank of Canada 1935 and 1937 Issues - Addenda, by  Walter D. Allan ...  44
The Government Counterfeit Detector, by E.B. Banning .................  48

The Canadian Paper Money Newsletter

Index to Volume 3 - 1995

Bank of Canada
A 'Number One' Note (1935 $5), Anon .................................. 108
1935 $20 Large Seal/Small Seal Changeover, Anon ...................... 110
Paper Money Price Trends (1935 issue), D. Gosling ....................  90
Price Changes in 1937 NP $1 ..........................................  24
New High Number for 1954 $5 *L/S, J. Smith ...........................  69
Information Please (1971 $10 *DX) ....................................   9
1989 $10 (stolen, unofficially numbered), B. McIntyre ................  63
Unusual $10 Note Explained, A. Driega ................................ 109
Bonin-Thiessen Notes Now in Circulation ..............................  53
New Signature Changeover Numbers, G. Esler ...........................  68
New $20 Variety Appears ..............................................  74
Signature Changeover on BABN $20, G. Esler ........................... 124
1991 $20 EIJ update, B. McIntyre .....................................  63
Update on Plain-Serif I $20 Series EIJ, EIX, B. McIntyre .............  79
1991 $20 Plain-I/Serif-I Changeover B. McIntyre, J. Caddy ............ 108
A Strange New $2 Prefix, R. Graham ................................... 124
Canadian Paper Money in Circulation, G. Esler ........................  17
What's New in Prefixes, L. Wojtiw ........................ 10, 55, 89, 125

Chartered Bank History and Practices
Bank Protection (1912) ...............................................  11
Comm. Bank of Canada stock certificate ...............................  65
A Superb Pair of Promissory Notes ....................................  69
Branches of Commercial Bank of Canada, R. Graham .....................  72
Birth of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District .................  73
Branches of the Bank of Toronto, R. Graham ........................... 105
F H Marsh, R. Graham ................................................. 106
John Robert Lamb, R. Graham .......................................... 122
The Day the Traders Bank Hired A Safe-Cracker ........................   4
Union Bank of Canada stock certificate ...............................  31
The Union Bank of Canada Goes West, R. Graham ........................  40
Branches of Union Bank 1865-1925, R. Graham ..........................  42
Obituary, Andrew Thompson (1907) .....................................  59
A Defalcation (Union Bank of Can. 1899) ..............................  60
Officers of the Union Bank, G. Maass .................................  60

Chartered Bank Notes
Jim Charlton Remembers ...............................................  77
Comm. Bank of Can. Prelim. List of CW Issues, G. Esler ...............  70
Commercial Bank of NB Note Register, G. Bell .........................  11
Farmers Bank of Canada Counterfeit $10 Note ..........................  21
Discovery First Issue Farmers J. S. Bank, T. Fredricks ...............   9
Merchants Bank of PEI Census of Surviving Notes ...................... 112
Perkins, Bacon Archives Sale ......................................... 126
Update: Peoples Bank of New Brunswick Note Register ..................  24
Bank of Toronto Nineteenth Century Notes, G. Esler et al .............  98
Raised Notes of the Bank of Toronto .................................. 113
Traders Bank of Canada Register, R. Graham ...........................   4
Traders Bank of Can. Outstanding Notes, G. Maass .....................   6
A Note Issue Suppressed by a Theft?, R. Graham .......................  12
Traders Bank Notes Counterfeited .....................................  20
Union Bank of Can. Issues 1912-1921, R. Graham, T. Fredricks .........  34
Union Bank of Can. NWT Overprint, D. Stewart .........................  44

Cheques
Stamp Tax on Cheques 1915-1953, C. Ryan .................. 18, 48, 78, 120
Union Bank of (Lower) Canada .........................................  43
Wood & Kells Cheque ..................................................  82
World War II Ration Cheques, R. Graham ...............................  62

Coupons
Teddy Bears and Bulldogs, R. Irwin ...................................  81
Universal Dollars, R. Greene .........................................  83

Dominion of Canada Notes
The Making of a Dollar Bill, A. Campbell .............................  50
A Design Idea for the 1906 $5 Essaie, R. Graham ......................  52
Prelim. List Dom. of Can. $500 and $1000 notes, G. Esler .............  68
A Bank Legal in Circulation, R. Graham ...............................  74
Dominion of Canada Notes Outstanding, G. Esler .......................  80

Engravers
Contemp. Review of Engraving by Jas Smillie ..........................  14

In The Marketplace
Jeffrey Hoare Sale #32 ...............................................  28
Jeffrey Hoare Sale #50 ...............................................  86
Jeffrey Hoare Sale #51 ............................................... 114

Modern Trade/Souvenir Notes
Revised Stats 1994 Que Mun. Trade Notes, J. Remick ...................  25
Calgary Numismatic Society $3 scrip ..................................  67

Non-Canadian Notes
The Canada Connection (Bermuda), Nelson P. Aspen .....................   8
War of 1812 on Guernsey £10 Notes, J. Remick ....................  77

Post Cards
Bank of Toronto ............................................. 105, 116-118
Traders Bank of Canada ............................................. 7, 26
Union Bank of Canada .............................. 41, 45, 49, 59, 60, 63

Private Banks
Obit: James Addison Halsted (1914) ...................................  11
Wood & Kells, cheque .................................................  82
Index of Articles on Priv. Banks in CT, R. Graham .................... 111

Savings Banks
Associated Societies Savings Bank, Hamilton (1892) ...................  46
Associated Societies Savings Bank of Hamilton ........................  82
Savings Banks in the Province of Canada, 1864 ........................ 109

Scrip
New Var. Champlain & St. Lawrence RR Scrip ........................... 110
Universal Dollars, R. Greene .........................................  83

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