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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;scottishmoney, post: 1302583, member: 12789&quot;]GS - No, it is one of the probably several thousand examples that the Czech government released from storage during the communist era.</p><p><br /></p><p>So ABNCo busied itself printing notes for foreign customers, given that the USA depended on the monopoly of the BEP to supply paper money there.&nbsp; In Canada there was so much business that ABNCo even opened a branch location in Ottawa.&nbsp; Canada and Mexico are unique in the early 20th century - lots of commercial banks with very colourful designs - some stock vignettes - but also many that were proprietary to the banks that issued them.&nbsp; This note was my first Canadian Charter acquisition:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/canada/bankofcommerce101917dtl.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.scottishmoney.net/banknotes/canada/bankofcommerce101917.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>CBoC used proprietary vignettes for it&#039;s issues, ie they owned the copyrights to the design and the vignettes.&nbsp; Most Canadian banks did keep their designs and vignettes proprietary, but OTOH Mexican banks tended to use stock images that were also used on banknotes from other countries.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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