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  • July 14, 2014

    Scenes of Canada Series $10 Note

    A portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald engraved by George Gundersen appears on the front of the $10 note. The back features the Polymer Corporation in Sarnia, Ontario.
  • July 14, 2014

    Scenes of Canada Series $5 Note

    The $5 note was issued in December 1972. The portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier on the face of the note was engraved by C. Gordon Yorke.
  • July 14, 2014

    Scenes of Canada Series $2 Note

    Issued in August 1975 and printed by British American Bank Note Company, the $2 note features an Inuit hunting scene based on a photo taken by Doug Wilkinson at Pond Inlet on North Baffin Island.
  • 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.
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