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  • July 14, 2014

    Scenes of Canada Series $1 Note

    The $1 note was issued in June 1974 and printed by both Canadian Bank Note Company Ltd. and British American Bank Note Company. This was the last $1 note issued by the Bank.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Journey Series $100 Note

    The portrait of Sir Robert Borden on the $100 note was engraved by Czeslaw Slania, based on a watercolour (above) by Jorge Peral.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Journey Series $50 Note

    Issued in November 2004, the $50 note features a portrait of Prime Minister Mackenzie King produced in Germany by Giesecke & Devrient (a security printer with subsidiaries around the world and parent company of BA International Inc.) using a computer-assisted engraving process.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Journey Series $20 Note

    The $20 note, issued in September 2004, features a portrait of the Queen based on a photograph taken in 2000 by Charles Green specifically for this note.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Journey Series $10 Note

    The face of the $10 note features a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald engraved by Jorge Peral and a vignette of the Library of Parliament.
  • July 14, 2014

    Canadian Journey Series $5 Note

    The $5 note, issued in March 2002, was the second in the series. The face features a portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier produced by the noted Swedish engraver Czeslaw Slania and a vignette of the West Block of the Parliament Buildings.
  • July 11, 2014

    The Museum Blog

    Explore stories from our collection and our economic heritage.
  • July 7, 2014

    Frontiers Series $100 Note

    This was the first note issued in the Frontiers series. The theme is innovation in medical research, and the vignette on the back is anchored by the image of a researcher looking into a microscope.
  • July 7, 2014

    Frontiers Series $50 Note

    The theme of the Frontiers series $50 note is Arctic research and Canada’s northern frontier.
  • July 7, 2014

    Frontiers Series $20 Note

    The Frontiers series $20 bill features a new portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The vignette on the back is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial located on the site of the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge in northern France.
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