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DC-17b 1902 Dominion of Canada $4 Various-Boville, Series A, Check Letter A, FOUR at Top, Legacy Certified F-15 Top Edge Trimmed
The Four Dollar Note was issued in 1882, 1900, and 1902, with a number being produced in 1911 due to an unexpected need for large supplies of paper currency. After 1911, no further $4 notes were ever ordered. Though the $4 denomination was important in Colonial times due to it's equivalency to the Halifax one pound currency, it had become obsolete. By 1912, the denomination was being withdrawn from circulation and replaced by the $5 Dominion notes. According to the Charlton Standard Catalogue: Canadian Government Paper Money (34th Edition, Charlton Press, 2023, J. Rutkowski), "only small quantities of the outstanding $4 notes were turned in after the end of 1915, and by 1950 all but $29,000 worth of all dates of issue had been withdrawan, and most of those still outstanding have probably been lost through fire and decay."
Face Design: At left: Mary Caroline Gray Elliot-Murray-Kynymound, Lady Minto; Centre: View of the Sault Ste. Marie Canadian locks; At right: Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto.
Back Design: Lathework and counters with "Dominion of Canada" over Parliament Buildings and Library, viewed from Nepean Point.
Specifications:
Charlton Code: DC-17b
Signature: Left: Various, Right: T.C. Boville
Variety: The initial 1902-dated notes have large "4" counters in the upper corners of the note, and "FOUR" in the lower corners. The issues printed in 1911 have "FOUR" in each upper corner, and "4" in the lower corners. This issue has the latter design.
Information from the 2023 Charlton Standard Catalogue, Canadian Government Paper Money, 34th Edition, J. Rutkowski, Editor
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