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Commercial Bank of Fort Erie

Also known as: Commercial Bank of Fort Erie; primary name: Commercial Bank of Fort Erie
Details: organisation
Other dates: 1830s-
Biography: Spurious bank. The invention of an American entrepeneur, the Commercial Bank of Fort Erie never existed. The banknotes issued in its name are an example of the fraudulent Canadian notes which circulated in the USA during the financial crisis of the 1830s caused by a shortage of currency.