Commercial Bank of Newfoundland $10 note, 1888
Commercial Bank of Newfoundland $10 note, 1888

When the Commercial and Union Banks closed on 10 December 1894, they had about $1.2-million worth of bank notes in circulation. These became temporarily worthless after the bank crash.

Image courtesy of National Currency Collection, Currency Museum – Bank of Canada. Photo by Gord Carter, Ottawa. (1966.0041.00002.000).
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