20 Dollars

Features

Issuer Canada
Issuing bank Bank of Canada
Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type Standard banknote
Year 1969
Value 20 Dollars
20 CAD = USD 15
Currency Dollar (1858-date)
Composition Paper
Size 152 × 70 mm
Shape Rectangular
Number
N#
201901
References Ch GPM# BC-50,
S. Bell (editor); 2022. A Charlton Standard Catalogue : Canadian Government Paper Money (33rd edition). Charlton Press, Toronto, Canada.
P# 89
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: Scenes of Canada

Obverse

A green frame decorated with abstract forms in which the "20" values are presented. Multicolour printing known as "rainbow printing". Each banknote has a seven-digit serial number with a 2-letter prefix. The number on the left is printed in red while the number on the right is printed in blue. On the left is an illustration of the "Coat of Arms of Canada" and on the right is a portrait of Elizabeth II, Queen of England and the Commonwealth.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 20
VINGT 20 TWENTY
DOLLARS
CANADA
OTTAWA
1969
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER - CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL
SOUS-GOUVERNEUR - DEPUTY GOVERNOR
GOUVERNEUR - GOVERNOR
20 20 - 20 20

Engraver: George Arthur Gundersen

Reverse

In the middle is a view of Moraine Lake and the Valley of Ten Peaks in Banff National Park in Alberta. To the right and left are abstract forms in which the values "20", "TWENTY" and "VINGT" are represented.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
TWENTY - 20
20 - VINGT
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA

Signatures

John Robert Beattie (JRB) Deputy Governor
Louis Rasminsky (LR²) Governor
Ruston William Lawson (RWL) Deputy Governor
Gerald Keith Bouey (GKB²) Governor

Printers

BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Montreal,Ottawa, Canada (1866-2012)
Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date)

Comments

List of full-run prefixes for lines marked with the symbol "(▲)" :

 

  • P# 89a - Beattie/Rasminsky (▲) :
    Prefixes: EA → EH, EJ → EN, EP, ER → EY, HA → HC.
     
  • P# 89b - Lawson/Bouey (▲) :
    Prefixes: WA → WH, WJ → WN, WP, WR → WZ, YA → YG.
     

Replacement:

→ (*AA0000000) : Banknotes that have been issued to replace banknotes that have been damaged or destroyed before being put into circulation. The symbol "" precedes the serial number on replacement notes with a 2-letter prefix.

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Date Signatures No. printed VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1969  JRB, LR² 473 482 4% P# 89a - (*EA prefix) - Replacement
1969  JRB, LR² 454 330 1.8% P# 89a - (*EB prefix) - Replacement
1969  JRB, LR² 469 424 1.8% P# 89a - (*EH prefix) - Replacement
1969  JRB, LR² 394 762 1.8% P# 89a - (*EM prefix) - Replacement
1969  JRB, LR² 115 264 5% P# 89a - (*EV prefix) - Replacement
1969  JRB, LR² 220 162 0.9% P# 89a - (*EX prefix) - Replacement
1969  JRB, LR² 250 000 000 $ 14 42% P# 89a - (▲)
1969  JRB, LR² 4 520 000 0% P# 89a - (EZ prefix) - Changeover
1969  JRB, LR² 6 456 000 0% P# 89a - (HD prefix)
1969  RWL, GKB² 649 156 0% P# 89b - (*EZ prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 965 000 0.9% P# 89b - (*WA prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 172 812 0.9% P# 89b - (*WE prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 395 336 0.9% P# 89b - (*WF prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 118 888 0% P# 89b - (*WL prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 447 396 0% P# 89b - (*WN prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 397 272 0.9% P# 89b - (*WV prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 357 670 0.9% P# 89b - (*YA prefix) - Replacement
1969  RWL, GKB² 300 000 000 $ 17 $ 27 44% P# 89b - (▲)
1969  RWL, GKB² 5 480 000 0% P# 89b - (EZ prefix) - Changeover
1969  RWL, GKB² 9 750 000 1.8% P# 89b - (YH prefix)

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