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Bank of Canada (archived at Collections Canada "Canadian scenes to be portrayed for banknotes". Montreal Gazette. 22 April 1953. "Canada's new bills". Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph. Halifax Chronicle-Herald. 10 September 1954. "Canada issues new bank notes". Shawinigan Standard. 2 June 1954. "Different hair-do for bank notes". Toledo Blade.
As of 1 January 2021, the $1, $2, $25, $500 and $1,000 bills from every Bank of Canada series are no longer legal tender. [24] Despite the introduction of new notes, older notes are still in use. + Two varieties were printed, the first with conventional serial numbers , the second with the double date "1867–1967" appearing twice instead.
The note's design and change of material to a polymer (plastic) paper, for longevity and counterfeit prevention, was first announced on 10 March 2011. On 20 June 2011, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and Finance Minister Jim Flaherty unveiled the new $100 notes. [2] The previous 100-dollar note is dominantly brown in colour.
The first commemorative banknote issued by the Bank of Canada was a $25 banknote in the 1935 series to commemorate the Silver Jubilee of the accession of George V to the throne. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The royal purple banknote was issued on 6 May 1935, [ 4 ] and is the only $25 banknote issued by the Bank of Canada.
$25 Bank of Canada note issued in 1935 $1,000 Bank of Canada note issued in 1954. All Bank of Canada notes issued prior to the current Frontier Series are being withdrawn from circulation. [1] The following Bank of Canada denominations included in previous series have been permanently retired, and as of January 1, 2021, these notes are no ...
In the mid 1990s, the Bank of Canada tested a new substrate for use in printing banknotes. It printed 100,000 experimental $5 banknotes having a substrate of polymer core with paper at the sides. The project was discontinued because the supplier could not produce the substrate at the scale required by the Bank of Canada for printing banknotes. [45]
The series was the first Bank of Canada series not to include a $1,000 note; the Canadian Landscape design of this bill continued to be printed during this series's run, with an updated $1,000 note appearing in the Birds of Canada series in 1992. All notes measure 152.4 × 69.85 mm (6 × 2¾ inches).
Notes continued to be improved, and the design was placed into circulation on November 17, 2004. Notes were printed on paper composed of pure cotton at two Ottawa companies contracted for the purpose: the Canadian Bank Note Company and BA International Inc., a part of the Giesecke & Devrient GmbH group of companies.