2 Dollars - Elizabeth II with devil's face

Features

Issuer	Canada
Issuing bank	Bank of Canada
Queen	Elizabeth II (1952-2022)
Type	Standard circulation banknotes
Year	1954
Value	2 Dollars (2 CAD)
Currency	Dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	152 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Demonetized	1 January 2021
Number	N# 201763
References	Ch GPM# BC-30 Steve R. Bell (ed.); 2022. Canadian Government Paper Money (33^rd Edition). Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. , P# 67 Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).

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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 orange.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 - 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2 2
2 TWO DOLLARS 2 - 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2
CANADA
TWO DOLLARS - 2 - DEUX DOLLARS
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
TWO 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2 - 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 DEUX
BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED

Engraver: George Arthur Gundersen

Designer: Charles Fraser Comfort

Reverse

In the middle, a rural landscape of the Richmond region with the hills of Quebec City, known as "Les Montérégiennes", beyond the Saint-François River. The background colour of the banknote is orange.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 TWO DOLLARS 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2
TWO DOLLARS - DEUX DOLLARS
2 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 2

Engraver: Harold Preston Dawson

Designer: Charles Fraser Comfort

Signatures

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

Printer

BA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), 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	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1954	JEC₁, GFT	30 000 000			$ 60			P# 67a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	A/B → C/B prefixes	25%
1954	JEC₁, GFT	7 200 000						P# 67a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	D/B prefix - Changeover	7%
1954	JEC₁, GFT	4 800						P# 67a* Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	*A/B prefix - Replacement	3%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	7 200						P# 67b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	*A/B prefix - Replacement	0%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	2 800 000						P# 67b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	D/B prefix - Changeover	3%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	40 000 000	$ 16	$ 16	$ 33	$ 67	$ 93	P# 67b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	E/B → H/B prefixes	54%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	8 600 000			$ 51			P# 67b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	I/B prefix	6%

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