5 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	5 Dollars 5 CAD = USD 3.60
Currency	Dollar (1858-date)
Composition	Paper
Size	152 × 70 mm
Shape	Rectangular
Number	N# 201777
References	Ch GPM# BC-31 Steve R. Bell (ed.); 2022. Canadian Government Paper Money (33^rd Edition). Charlton Press, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. , P# 68 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 "5" and "FIVE / CINQ" 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 Gundersen

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

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	VF	References		Frequency
Undetermined
1954	JEC₁, GFT	20 000 000		P# 68a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	A/C → B/C prefixes	36%
1954	JEC₁, GFT	7 600 000		P# 68a Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	C/C prefix - Changeover	8%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	7 200		P# 68a* Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	*A/C prefix - Replacement	0%
1954	JEC₁, GFT	2 400		P# 68b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	*A/C prefix - Replacement	4%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	2 400 000		P# 68b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	C/C prefix - Changeover	4%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	50 000 000	$ 58	P# 68b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	D/C → H/C prefixes	51%
1954	JRB, JEC₂	9 014 816		P# 68b Standard Catalog of World Paper Money (10 volumes).	I/C prefix	4%

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