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• July 7, 2014

  Birds of Canada Series $50 Note

  

  The $50 note issued in December 1989 was the first in the series to carry the cutting edge optical security device on its face.
• July 7, 2014

  Birds of Canada Series $20 Note

  

  The face of the $20 note features the Doubtfire engraving of the Queen that appears on the $2 note, but the adjacent vignette spotlights the Library of Parliament.
• July 7, 2014

  Birds of Canada Series $10 Note

  

  Printed by British American Bank Note Company and issued in June 1989, the $10 note features a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald engraved by Thomas Hipschen of the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
• July 7, 2014

  Birds of Canada Series $5 Note

  

  The face of the $5 note features a portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier engraved by Yves Baril. Beside the portrait is the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings as it appeared in Laurier’s day.
• July 7, 2014

  Birds of Canada Series $2 Note

  

  Issued in September 1986 and printed by both Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. and British American Bank Note Company, the $2 note was the second in the new series and features a portrait of the Queen engraved by Henry S. Doubtfire of De La Rue, based on a photograph by Anthony Buckley.