50 Dollars

Features

Issuer Canada
Issuing bank Bank of Canada
King George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1937
Value 50 Dollars
50 CAD = USD 37
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Paper
Size 152 × 73 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
201725
References Ch GPM# BC-26,
S. Bell (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue : Canadian Government Paper Money (33rd edition). Charlton Press, Toronto, Canada.
P# 63
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Paper Money. Modern issues 1961-present (25th edition). Krause Publications, Iola, Wisconsin, United States.
And 2 more volumes.

Obverse

English texts on the left and French texts on the right. A black and white frame decorated with abstract forms and rosettes with the values "50" and "FIFTY / CINQUANTE". In the middle in an oval of the banknote is a portrait of King George VI in official attire. Background colour of the banknote is yellow.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50 FIFTY 50 50 50 CINQUANTE 50
50 50 50 50 50 50 - 50 50 50 50 50 50
FIFTY 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 - 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 CINQUANTE
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND - PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE
FIFTY DOLLARS - CINQUANTE DOLLARS
OTTAWA, 2ND JAN. 1937. - OTTAWA, LE 2 JANV. 1937.
DEPUTY GOVERNOR - SOUS-GOUVERNEUR
GOVERNOR - GOUVERNEUR
FIFTY FIFTY DOLLARS 50 CINQUANTE DOLLARS CINQUANTE
CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED

Reverse

In the middle, an allegory of modern inventions represented by a seated woman reading a speech in front of a microphone. All around her, we can see a vast decorative composition. Background colour of the banknote is yellow.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
50 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 50
50 50 - 50 50
50 - 50
50 50 - 50 50
50 FIFTY DOLLARS - 50 CINQUANTE DOLLARS 50

Signatures

James Osborne (JO) Deputy Governor
Graham Ford Towers (GFT) Governor
Donald Gordon (DG) Deputy Governor
James Elliott Coyne (JEC¹) Deputy Governor

Printer

Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date)

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1937  JO, GFT 100 000 4% P#63a
1937  DG, GFT 4 200 000 58% P#63b
1937  JEC¹, GFT 1 100 000 46% P#63c

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 50 DollarsPicture 1 of a sold 50 Dollars
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 2433
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 141.33
(EUR 131.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 50 DollarsPicture 1 of a sold 50 Dollars
Katz
Auction 76
Lot 2431
Internet Archive
28 Jan 2023 Undetermined VF USD 94.94
(EUR 88.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 50 DollarsPicture 1 of a sold 50 Dollars
Katz
Auction 64
Lot 3059
Internet Archive
17 Aug 2022 Undetermined VF USD 160.75
(EUR 149.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold 50 DollarsPicture 1 of a sold 50 Dollars
Katz
Jubilee Auction 60
Lot 638
Internet Archive
14 May 2022 Undetermined VF USD 209.29
(EUR 194.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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