5 Dollars With Devil's face

Features

Issuer Canada
Issuing bank Bank of Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1954
Value 5 Dollars
5 CAD = USD 3.69
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Paper
Size 152 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
201777
References Ch GPM# BC-31,
S. Bell (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue : Canadian Government Paper Money (33rd edition). Charlton Press, Toronto, Canada.
P# 68
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.

Series: Canadian Landscape

Obverse

English texts on the left and French texts on the right. A black and white frame decorated with abstract forms in which the values "2" and "TWO / DEUX" are presented. On the right is a portrait of Elizabeth II, the new Queen of England and the Commonwealth. Background colour of the banknote is blue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 5 FIVE DOLLARS 5 - 5 CINQ DOLLAR 5 5
5 FIVE DOLLARS 5 - 5 CINQ DOLLAR 5
CANADA
FIVE DOLLARS - 5 - CINQ COLLARS
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
OTTAWA 1954
WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND - PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE
DEPUTY GOVERNOR - SOUS-GOUVERNEUR
GOVERNOR - GOUVERNEUR
FIVE 5 CINQ DOLLARS 5 - 5 FIVE DOLLARS 5 CINQ
BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED

Engraver: George Arthur Gunderson

Designer: Charles Fraser Comfort

Reverse

In the middle is a view of the "Otter Falls" on the Aishihik River at Mile 996 of the Alaska Highway in the Yukon. The background colour of the note is blue.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
5 FIVE DOLLARS 5 CINQ DOLLARS 5
FIVE DOLLARS - CINQ DOLLARS
5 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 5

Engraver: Charles Gordon Yorke

Designer: Charles Fraser Comfort

Signatures

John Robert Beattie (JRB) Deputy Governor
James Elliott Coyne (JEC²) Governor
James Elliott Coyne (JEC¹) Deputy Governor
Graham Ford Towers (GFT) Governor

Printer

BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Montreal,Ottawa, Canada (1866-2012)

Comments

Replacement :
→ Notes that were issued to replace notes that were damaged or destroyed before they were put into circulation. The symbol ✽ precedes the serial number on replacement notes.

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1954  JRB, JEC² 7 200 0% P# 68a - (*A/C prefix) - replacement
1954  JEC¹, GFT 20 000 000 33% P# 68a - (A/C → B/C prefixes)
1954  JEC¹, GFT 7 600 000 10% P# 68a - (C/C prefix) - changeover
1954  JEC¹, GFT 2 400 5% P# 68b - (*A/C prefix) - replacement
1954  JRB, JEC² 2 400 000 2% P# 68b - (C/C prefix) - changeover
1954  JRB, JEC² 50 000 000 62% P# 68b - (D/C → H/C prefixes)
1954  JRB, JEC² 9 014 816 2% P# 68b - (I/C prefix)

Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this banknote. Since some users own several versions, the sum may be greater than 100%.

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