Canadian Modern Banknotes

Statistical Profile of Modern Series 1969 - 2004

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Den	Year	Prefix	Pref#	Signatures	#   (thou.)	* X Pref	X*#	# (thou.)	Note
$1	1973	2L Comm				2-Lett*
		AA - Z	23	Law/Bouey	230,000	AA* AB* AL* AN*	4	2,800
		FA - Z	23	Law/Bouey	230,000	FA*FB*FG*FH*FN*FV*	6	2,480
		GA - Z	23		230,000	GF* GL* GU* GY*	4	1,600
		IA - Z	23		230,000	IA* IG* IL* IV*	4	1,420
		MA - Z	23		230,000	MC* MD* MR* MZ*	4	1,640
		NA - Z	23		230,000	NP*	1	400
		OA - V. PA	20		199,400	OG* OL*	2	480
		All 2L	158		1,579,400	All 2L*	(25)	10,820*	*Estimate
		3L				Replacem't
$1	1973	AAA - Z	22	Law/Bouey	220,000	AAX S	1	2,160
		ACA - Z	22		220,000	AAX L	1	1,060
		AFA - Z	22		220,000
		EAA - N	13		128,920	EAX	1	620
		ALA - M	11		101,400	EAX	1	440	no ALE
		(Law/Crow)	90		(890,320)		2	(4,280)
		EAN- Z	10		91,080	EAX	1	1,520
		ALM - Z	11		108,600	AAX	1	1,040
		AMA - Z	22		220,000
		BAA - Z	22		220,000	BAX	1	1,560
		BCA - Z	22		220,000
		BFA - L	11		101,600
		(Crow/Bouey)	98		(960,280)			(4,120)
		All 3 Letter	188		1,861,600	All 3 X	3	8,400
	Test	AXA	1		400
		EXA	1		600
Den.	Year	Prefix	#	Signatures.	# (thou.)	*X Pref	#	# (thou.)	Note
$2	1974	2L Comm				*
		BA - BZ	23	Law/Bouey	230,000	B(ACIMX)	5	1,360
		RA - RZ	23		230,000	RA RE RW	3	880
		UA - UM	12		119,520	UG	1	200
		All 2Lett	58		579,520	All 2Letter		2,440
	Test	RS	1		3,200
$2		3L				X
	1974	ABA - Z	22	Law/Bouey	220,000	ABX	1	1,120
		AGA - J	9		90,000
		AGK - Z	13	Crow/Bouey	130,000	ABX	1	560
		ARA - E	5		48,800
		All 3L	49		488,800	All 3L X	1	1,680
$2		3L				X
	1986	ARF - Z	17	Crow/Bouey	160,000	ARX	1	1,260
		AUA - N*	13		Incl. below				*in AUH-Z
		(All C/B)	(30)		160,000*		1	1,260
		AUH - Z	15	Thie/Crow	220,000*	ARX	1	100
		BBA - Z	22		220,000				big/small B
		BGA - Z	22		220,000
		BRA - Z	22		220,000	BRX*	1	4,830*
		BUA - Z	21		220,000				No BUM
		CBA - H	8		76,000
		EBA - Z	22		220,000	EBX	1	3,840
		EGA - R	15		142,000		1
		(All T/C)	(147)		1,528,000		1	8,770
		EGR - U	4	Bonin/Thie	36,160	BRX	1	140
		CBH - K	4		32,380
		(All B/T)	(8)		68,540			140
		All 3L	185		1,870,320	All 3L X	3	10,170
Deno.	Year	Prefix	# Pr	Signatures	#(thou.)	*X Pref		# (thou.)	Note
$5	1972	2L Comm				2L *
		CA - P	14	Bouey/Rasm	134,200	CA CC CD	3	1,280
		CP - Z	9	Law/Bouey	95,800	CS CU CV	3	590
		SA - Z	23		230,000	SB F L P W	5	1,680
		All 2Letter	46		460,000	All 2L *	11	3,550
	Test	RS			440				.
$5	1979	All Numer	.			All # Rep
		300 - 04	5	Law/Bouey	461,320	310	1	3,320
		304 - 05	2	Crow/Bouey	121,700	310	1	760
			7		583,020	All 310	1	4,080
	Test	330	1		500
$5	1986	3L Comm				3L Repl
		ENA - Z	22	Crow/Bouey	220,000	ENX	1	2,260	Yellow BPN
		EOA - Z	22		220,000	ENX	1	1,200	Blue BPN
		EPA - C	3		22,400				few C
		(All C/B)	47		(462,400)		1
		EPC - Z	20	Thie/Crow	197,600	ENX	1	2,800
		FNA - Z	22		220,000	FNX	1	8,280
		FOA - Z	22		220,000
		FPA - Z	22		220,000
		GNA - Y	21		207,760
		(All T/C)	107		(1,065,360)		2
		GNY - Z	2	Bonin/Thie	12,240	FNX	1	40	few Y
		GOA - Z	21		210,000	ANX	1	200
		GPA - W	20		193,560	(GOT/V GP/Z)	*	low	Inser. excl.
		ANA - H	8		73,520
		(All Bon/Th)	51		(489,320)
		ANH - P	8	Knig/Thie	(708,000)	(ANH)	#	uncertain	(ANH) excl.
		GPW - Z	3	Knig/Dodge	26,440
		ANP - U	5		42,680	(ANP)	*	*excl.	Last Bird
		HNA - B	2		19,640	(HNA)	*	*excl.	Last Bird
		(All K/D)	10		88,790
		All $5 Bird	218		2,813,840	All$5 Bird	2*	13,580	*excl.
$5	2002	ANV - Z	#	Knig/Dodge	40,000	(ANV,ANW)	#	(uncertain)	1st J'ney
	J'ney	AOA - F	#	Knig/Dodge	26,440	AOB	#
		HNC - N	#	Knig/Dodge	in issue	(HNH, HNM)	#	uncertain
			#	(All Kni/Dod)	(00)		#
$5	2002	ANV - Z	#	Knig/Dodge	40,000	(ANV,ANW)	#	(uncertain)	1st J'ney
	J'ney	AOA - F	#	Knig/Dodge	26,440	AOB	#
		HNC - N	#	Knig/Dodge	in issue	(HNH, HNM)	#	uncertain
			#	(All Kni/Dod)	(00)		#
		HNN - Z	#	Jen/Dodge	in issue	(HNZ?)	#	uncertain
		HOA -	#	Jen/Dodge	in issue	(HNH, HNM)	#	uncertain
			#		000		#	000
Deno.	Year	Prefix	Pr #	Signatu.	#(thou.)	*X Pr	Pr #	#(thou.)	Note
$10	1971	2L				2 L*
		DA - DL	11	Beatty/Rasm	100,800	DA/B/E/G	4	1,000
		DL - DR	11	Bouey/Rasm	100,400	DX*	1	00
		DX - DZ	3	Law/Bouey	29,560	DY*	1	460	DS-W ?
		TA - TZ	23		230,000	TC/G/L/T	4	1,020
		VA - VX/	21		207,240	VA/J/L/T	4	1,040
		All 2L	67		668,000	All 2L*	14	3,520
		3L				X
	1971	EDA - Z	22	Law/Bouey	220,000	EDX	1	2,160
		EEA - P	14		139,000
		(All L/B)	36		359,000		1	2,160
		EEP - Z	9	Crow/Bouey	81,000	EDX	1	480	Steel Engr
		ETA - Z	22		220,000	EDX	1	1,960	Lithograph
		FDA - C	3		24,820
		(All C/)	34		325,820		1	2,440
		FDC - S/	14	Thie/Crow	128,320	EDX	1	1000
		All 3L	84		813,140	All X	1	5,600
$10	1989	3L				X
		ADA - Z	22	Thie/Crow	220,000	ADX	1	5,100
		AEA - Z	22		220,000
		ATA - Z	22		220,000	ATX	1	2,180
		BDA - H	8		70,840
		(All T/C)	74		730,840		2	7,280
		BDH - Z	16	Bonin/Thie	159,160	ATX	1	140
		BEA - F	6		59,600
		(All B/T)	22		218,760		1	140
		BEF - H /	3	Knig/Thie	16,900
		All Bird	99		966,500	All X	2	7,420
$10	2002	BEI - K	#	Kni/Dodg		(BEI)	#	60	2 ranges
	J'ney	FDT - Z	#	Knig/Thie	42,000	FDT,FDU,FDV	#
		FEA - N	#	Knig/Dodge	130,000	FEA,C,D,M	#
$10		BEK - R	#	Jen/Dodge		(BEK 95-96)	#		prt2003
		All J'ney		#	00	All inserts	#	00
$10	2005M	BEU -	#	Jen/Dodge	in issue		#
		All 2005 M	#		in issue	All inserts	#	in issue
Deno.	Year	Prefix	pr #	Signatures	#(thou.)	*X Prefixes	#	#(thou.)	Note
$20	1969	2L				2L*
		EA - EZ	23	Beatty/Rasm	224,520	E(ABHMVX )	6	2,180
		EZ	1	Law/Bouey	5,480	EZ*	1	660
		WA - WZ	23		230,000	W(AEFLNV)	6	1,520
		YA - YH	8		79,750	YA	1	400
		All 2L	54		539,000	All 2L*	14	3,940
$20	1979	500 - 6	7	Law/Bouey	676,000	510	1	3,480
		506 - 9	4	Crow/Bouey	324,000	510	1	2,280
		560 - 4	5		496,400	516	1	1,800
		520-05	6		53,120
		520 - 6	7	Thie/Crow	609,800	510	1	3,900
		564-9-	6	Thie/Crow	458,000	516	1	3,240
		All Num	35*		2,617,300	All 51	2	14,700
$20	1991	3L				X
	Bird	EIA - Z	22	Thie/Crow	220,000	EIX no Ser	1	1,000
		ESA - J	9		84,160	EIX w/ Ser	1	2,600
		AIA - W	20		197,600	AIX	1	2,040	no Serif
		All T/C	51		501,760	X	2	5,640	no Serif
		AIW - Z	3	Bonin/Thie	22,400	AIX	1	1,200	w/ Serif
		ESJ - Z	14		135,840	AIX	1	1,200
		ASA - Z	22		220,000
		AVA - Z	23		230,000		#
		EVA - V	18		173,480
		AWA - C	3		22,000
		(All B/T)	82		793,720
		AWC - M	11	Knig/Thie	100,000	AWE,H,I	#	All low
		EV V - Z	4	Knig/Dodge	36,560
		EWA - Z	24		240,000	(EWI)	*	uncer	EWI,EWO
		AWM - Z	12		118,000	(AWO)	*	uncer
		AYA - P	14		in issue
		EYA - F	6		in issue			uncert
		(All K/T)	60		in issue	X*	*	*
		All Bird	204		1,440,000**	Bird X	2	6,840	'inser' excl
$20	2004	AWR -	in	Jen/Dodge	in issue
		AYA- -	in		in issue	AYR - V		uncert
		AZA -	in		in issue	EYI		uncert
		EYG -	in		in issue	EYI		uncert
		(All J/D)	.		in issue	All Rep	*	in issue
		All J'ney	in		in issue	in	.	in issue	.
Deno.	Year	Prefix	# pre	Signature	# (thou.)	*X Prefixes	# pr	#(thou.)	Note
$50	1975	2L				*
		HA - HD	4	Law/Bouey	36,456	HB HC	2	390
		3L				X
		EHA - F	6	Law/Bouey	56,440	EHX	1	400
		EHF - N	8	Crow/Bouey	73,560	EHX	1	440
		EFA/	1	Crow/Bouey	6,819
$50	1988	3L				X
		EHP - Z	9	Thie/Crow	90,000	EHX	1	2,760
		FHA - M	12	Thie/Crow	112,120
		FHM - S	5	Bonin/Thie	44,480
		FHS - V	4	Knig/Thie	30,320
		FHV - Z	4	Knig/Dodge	33,080	FHZ
		FMA - F	6	Knig/Dodge	in issue	FME
		All 3L	40		310,000	All Repl		2,760
$50	2004	AHA -		Jen/Dodge
	J'ney	FMG -				FMI
		All 3-L			in issue	All Rep
$100	1975	JA - JD	4	Law/Bouey	35,400	JA* JC*	2	240
		AJA - C	3	Law/Bouey	24,400	AJX	1	200
		AJD - M	9	Crow/Bouey	97,600	AJX	1	860
			16		157,400		3	1,300
	1988	AJN - Z	10	Thie/Crow	100,000	AJX	1	3,500
		BJA - H	8	Thie/Crow	71,180
		BJH - I	2	Bonin/Thie	17,760
		BJI - R	8	Knig/Thie	65,160
		BJR - W	6	Knig/Dodge	in issue	BJR, BJT		in issue
		All '88	34		421,500	All Repl		4,800
	2004	BJY - Z		Jenkin/Dodge	in issue	BJZ	1	in issue
		BKA -			in issue			in issue
		All 3-L			in issue	All Rep		in issue