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  • July 14, 2014

    Bilingual Series $1 Note

    The face of the $1 note was modified in 1938 to increase the width of the panel in which the signatures appeared by 2.4 mm, to counter earlier printing problems.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $1000 Note

    The $1,000 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The back of the note shows the covered bridge in the village of L’Anse-Saint-Jean, Quebec, and, in the background, the Saguenay River fjord.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $100 Note

    The $100 bank note, printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd., features Okanagan Lake in British Columbia on the back.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $50 Note

    The seascape on the back of the $50 note was engraved by Warrell Alfred Hauk of American Bank Note Company from a photograph taken at Crescent Beach in Lockeport on Nova Scotia’s south shore.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $20 Note

    The $20 note was printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. The face of the note, except for the portrait, was engraved by Andrew McMillen of American Bank Note Company.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $10 Note

    The back of the $10 note features Emerald Lake and Mount Burgess in Yoho National Park, British Columbia, and was engraved by Harry Dawson.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $5 Note

    Until 1959, the $5 bank note was printed exclusively by British American Bank Note Company. The back of the note was engraved by C. Gordon Yorke of British American Bank Note Company and depicts Otter Falls on the Aishihik River, Mile 996 Alaska Highway, in southwestern Yukon.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $2 Note

    The $2 note was printed by British American Bank Note Company. Note that the same border design is used on the front and back of the notes in this series.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Landscape Series $1 Note

    Initially printed by Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. and later by British American Bank Note Company as well, the face of the $1 note features an engraving of Queen Elizabeth II based on a Karsh portrait that appears on all denominations in the series.
  • July 14, 2014

    Scenes of Canada Series $100 Note

    C. Gordon Yorke engraved the portrait of Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden that appears on the front of the $100 note. C. Gordon Yorke engraved the vignette of the harbour at Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, featured on the back.
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