Black print. Center has a roset with value. Above that is the bank name and top corners is the value, while belowe the roset is the value in written out. Left of the center is a seal and to the right is a codfish. Around the center value is the law text.
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Black print. Value
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2$ 2$
TWO
DOLLARS
COMMERCIAL BANK OF NEWFOUNDLAND
TWO DOLLARS
We promise to pay the Bearer on
Demand TWO DOLLARS Currency
in SPECIE. SAINT JOHNS. 1st July / 1884
