1000 Dollars

Features

Issuer Canada
Issuing bank Bank of Canada
King George VI (1936-1952)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1937
Value 1000 Dollars (1000 CAD)
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Paper
Size 152 × 73 mm
Shape Rectangular
Demonetized 1 January 2021
Number
N#
201727
References Ch GPM# BC-28,
S. Bell (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue : Canadian Government Paper Money (33rd edition). Charlton Press, Toronto, Canada.
P# 65
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 "1000" and "ONE THOUSAND / MILLE". In the middle, a portrait of Sir Henry Charles Wilfrid Laurier, statesman, Canada's seventh Prime Minister from 1896 to 1911 and the first Francophone to hold this position. Background colour of the banknote is pink/red.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
M 1000 ONE THOUSAND 1000 M 1000 MILLE 1000 M
1000 - 1000
ONE THOUSAND 1000 M 1000 M 1000 M 1000 - 1000 M 1000 M 1000 M 1000 MILLE
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND - PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS - MILLE DOLLARS
M 1000 M
OTTAWA, 2ND JAN. 1937. - OTTAWA, LE 2 JANV. 1937.
DEPUTY GOVERNOR - SOUS-GOUVERNEUR
GOVERNOR - GOUVERNEUR
ONE THOUSAND ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS 1000 MILLE DOLLARS MILLE
CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED

Reverse

In the middle, an allegory of Security with a young woman wearing a helmet, armed with a sword and a shield, protecting a frightened young boy. All around her, we can see a vast decorative composition. Background colour of the banknote is pink/red.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1000 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 1000
1000 - 1000
1000 - 1000
1000 - 1000
1000 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS - M - MILLE DOLLARS 1000

Signatures

James Osborne (JO) Deputy Governor
Graham Ford Towers (GFT) Governor

Printer

Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date)

Comments

→ These notes were printed in 1937, but were not issued into circulation until 1952.

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC
1937  JO, GFT Photo 15 000

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold 1000 DollarsPicture 1 of a sold 1000 Dollars
Heritage Auctions
2006 September Long Beach, CA Signature Currency Auction 418
Lot 16185
Internet Archive
13 Sep 2006 UNC
(Choice Crisp Uncirculated)
USD 11 500.00
(incl. buyer's premium)
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