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  • July 15, 2014

    First Series $5 Note

    The front of the $5 note features a portrait of Edward, Prince of Wales, the first son of King George V and Queen Mary.
  • July 15, 2014

    First Series $2 Note

    The $2 note features a portrait of Queen Mary, wife of King George V. She is shown in evening dress wearing a diamond tiara and necklace.
  • July 15, 2014

    First Series $1 Note

    The $1 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The front of the note features a portrait of King George V, who reigned from 1910 to 1936.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $1000 Note

    The $1,000 note was issued several years after the rest of the 1937 series. It took on the rose tint of the 1935 $20 note but retained the portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $100 Note

    The $100 note in this series is the same sepia tint as the 1935 $500 note, and the face features the same portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $50 Note

    The colour of the $50 note was changed from brown to orange, and the back features the same allegorical figure representing modern inventions that appears on the 1935 $50 note.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $20 Note

    Printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., the new $20 note was produced in olive green rather than rose pink. The fertility allegory from the 1935 $500 note appears on the back.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $10 Note

    Also printed by British American Bank Note Company, the back of the purple $10 note features the allegorical image from the 1935 $2 note, a winged Mercury representing transportation.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $5 Note

    The $5 note, printed by British American Bank Note Company, features the same image of electric power that appears on the back of the 1935 $5 note, but is blue rather than orange.
  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $2 Note

    The $2 note was printed by British American Bank Note Company in a new terracotta shade called “sanguine.” The back of the note carries the harvest allegory found on the back of the $10 note in the 1935 series and was engraved by Harry Dawson.
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