Canadian Modern Banknotes 1969 to 2005
Den. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price 05 |
Note |
|
BC |
1973 |
AA - AZ |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |
BC |
|
AA* AB* AL* AN* |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
FA - FZ |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
FA* FB* FG* |
|
various |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
FH* FN* FV* |
|
various |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
GA - GZ |
|
2600- to 9999 |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
GF* GL* GU* GY* |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
IA - IZ |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
IA* IG* IL* IV* |
|
0001 to 23499- |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
MA - MZ |
|
00 to 9999- |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
MC* MD* MM* |
|
Various |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
MR* MZ* |
|
Various |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
NA - NZ |
|
001 to 9999- |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
NP* |
|
62- to 66- |
$ |
Replacement |
|
BC |
|
OA - OV |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
OG* OL* |
|
604-663-;212-219 |
$ |
Last 2-letter Replacement |
|
BC |
|
PA |
|
0001 to 9349- |
$200 ! |
last 2-letter |
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Den. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price 05 |
Notes |
|
BC |
1973 |
AAA - Z |
Lawson-Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Steel Engraved |
|
BC |
|
ACA - Z |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Steel engraved |
|
BC |
|
AFA - F |
|
0001 to F3799- |
$ |
Steel engraved |
|
BC |
|
EAA - K |
2600- to K1199- |
|
Steel engraved |
||
BC |
|
ALA - M |
0001 to M 1349- |
$ |
|
||
BC |
|
EAK - N |
K 12- to N 6019- |
$ |
|
||
BC |
|
AFF - Z |
Crow-Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Lithographed |
|
BC |
|
ALM - Z |
|
0001 to 23499- |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
AMA - Z |
|
00 to 9999- |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
BAA - Z |
|
0001 to 999 |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
BCA - Z |
|
00 to 9999- |
|
|
|
BC |
|
BFA - L |
|
00- to 1599-- |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
EAN - Z |
|
N 6020- to 999- |
$ |
|
|
BC |
|
ECA- U |
|
0001 to 999- |
$ |
last 2-letter |
|
BC |
|
ECV |
|
7300- to 8999- |
$ |
Last |
|
BC |
|
ECW |
|
0001 to 46999- |
$ |
Last 3letter | |
|
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| |
BC |
1973 |
AAX |
Lawson-Bouey |
01 to 21599- |
$ |
Steel engraved; Replacement |
|
BC |
|
AAX |
Lawson-Bouey |
2160- to 3219- |
$ |
Lithographed |
|
BC |
|
AAX |
Crow-Bouey |
3220- to 4266- |
$ |
last AAX |
|
BC |
|
EAX |
Lawson-Bouey |
0001 to 6699- |
$120 |
Steel engraved; Replacement |
|
BC |
|
EAX |
Lawson-Bouey |
08111-- to 1059- |
$250 |
Lithographed;Replacement |
|
BC |
|
EAX |
Crow-Bouey |
1060- to 2579- |
$ |
last EAX |
|
BC |
|
BAX |
Crow-Bouey |
0001 to 15599- |
$ |
The only BAX |
|
BC |
|
AXA |
Lawson-Bouey |
0001 to 1305299* |
$ |
Test |
|
BC |
|
EXA |
Crow-Bouey |
0001 to 35599- |
$ |
Test |
|
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The 1974 series consists of 3 2-letter series (B/, R/ & U/) and 3 3-letter series (AB/, AG/ & AR/ [ up to ARE]), plus replacement notes similar to $1 notes, as the table shows. There is also a test note (RS). The official first day of issue is August 5 1975. This was replaced in 1986 by the Bird series, which consists of 9 3-letters series, plus 4 X series (AR, BB, BR and EB). This is one of the most interesting series, with a few miscues, e.g. retired governors' signatures reappeared; font varieties (big B , small/narrow B). Official last day of issue of $2 notes is February 16, 1996, replaced by a coin dubbed 'twonie'(or 'tonie').
Den. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price 05 |
Note | |||
BC |
1974 |
BA - BZ |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
RA - RZ |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
UA - UM |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
UM last of 2L | ||||
BC |
BA*BJ*BM*BX* |
|
Various |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
BC* |
|
4 ranges, rare |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
RA*RE* RW* |
|
Various |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
UG* |
|
576-594 |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
RS |
|
00- to 3195- |
$ |
Test | ||||
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BC |
ABA - Z |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
AGA - J |
|
0001 to 23999- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
ABX |
|
0001 to 10154- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
AGK - Z |
Crow/Bouey |
00 to 9999- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
ARA - E |
|
001 to 9999- |
$ |
ARE Last '74 $2 | ||||
BC |
ABX |
|
1120-to 1652- |
$ 425 |
| ||||
BC |
1986 |
ARF - Z |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Strong color | |||
BC |
AUA - N |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$150 |
signatures mixed | ||||
BC |
AUG - N |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to 9999 |
$100 |
signatures mixed | ||||
BC |
AUP - Z |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
BBA - P |
|
0001 to |
$ |
big B | ||||
BC |
BBP - Z |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
Small B | ||||
BC |
BGA - Z |
|
001- to 99- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
BRA - Z |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
BUA - Z |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
EBA - Z |
|
0001 to 23999- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
EGA - R |
|
001 to R1999- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
EGR - U |
Bonin/Thiessen |
2000- to U999- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
CBA - H |
Thiessen/Crow |
001 to 6819- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
CBH - K |
Bonin/Thiessen |
H682- - K909- |
$ |
Last $2. 87? | ||||
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BC |
ARX |
Crow/Bouey |
0001- to 1300-- |
$ |
signatures mixed | ||||
BC |
ARX |
Thies/Crow |
140- to 231-- |
$ |
signatures mixed | ||||
BC |
BBX |
|
00 to 4,79- |
$ |
Big & Small B | ||||
BC |
BRX |
|
0001 to 3439- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
BRX |
Bonin/Thiessen |
3440-- to 3459- |
$ |
RCM 'varities' | ||||
BC |
BRX |
Bonin/Thiessen |
3440-- to 3579- |
$100 |
| ||||
BC |
EBX |
Thiessen/Crow |
001 to 31219-- |
$ |
| ||||
BC |
EBX |
Bonin/Thiessen |
3840-to 399-- |
$35 |
|
Modern Fives 1972 to 2004
This is the longest series, with 4 very different types, namely 1972, 1979, 1986 and 2002 series, but likely on its last leg. The 1972 series consisted of 2 2-letter series, namely, C/, S/ plus a XA; with 11 replacements as well as one test note(RS). (The official issuing date : December 4 1972). The 1979 series, was to be the beginning of a new trend, i.e. all numbers and no prefix; but it turned out to be the shortest series, having gone through only one series, namely 30/,(300 to 305, to be exact,) with one replacement (310) & one test (330) (with 587 millions notes). (The official issuing date was October 1, 1979).
The 1986 Bird series (official issuing date being April 28, 1986), meanwhile, consisted of 11 3-letter series, (EN/, EO/, EP/, FN/, FO/, FP/, GN/, GO/, GP/, AN/, HN/,) with 3 replacements (ENX, FNX, ANX,) all of which are sought after because their varieties and scarcity. The scarcity is also brought about by the discontinuation of the distinct X notes around 1997. The 2002 Journey series has, at mid-2005, already 4 half-series (ANV-ANZ, AOA-F, HNC-HNZ, & HOA-G) looking like the continuation of the Bird series. Still, the biggest confusion, is the worsening infamous 'unscheduled' inserts'. But, there are rumours that BoC, as if it has nothing else to occupy its staff's time, is 'phasing' out this 'inserts', and replacing them with Quality Control Inspection notes, starting from HOC. Of course, this is just the rumour; as usual, BoC is secretive.
Cat. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price 05 |
Notes | |||||||||||||
BC |
1972 |
CA-CP |
Bouey/Rasmin |
01 to P419- |
$ |
. | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
CP-CZ |
Lawson/Bouey |
420- to 99- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
SA-SZ |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 99- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
XA |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 5519- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
CA* CC* CD* |
Bouey/Rasm |
2800- to 3279- |
$ |
. | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
CS* CU* CV* |
Lawson/Bouey |
various |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
SB* SF* |
Lawson/Bouey |
various |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
SL* SP* SW* |
Lawson/Bouey |
various |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
RS |
Lawson/Bouey |
8007- to 8436-- |
$5200 ! |
Test Note | |||||||||||||
BC |
1979 |
300 - 304 |
Lawson/Bouey |
001 to 3046-- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
310 |
Lawson/Bouey |
0 to 30303319- |
$450 |
Replace. | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
330 |
Lawson/Bouey |
01 to 4698- |
$4500 |
TEST! | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
304-305 |
Crow/Bouey |
30461- to 30583- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
310 |
Crow/Bouey |
3100332- to 0407- |
$1000 |
Replacement |
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BC |
1986 |
ENA - Z |
Crow/Bouey |
001 to 9999 |
$ |
1st Bird. yell.bpn. | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EOA - H |
Crow/Bouey |
0001 to H2599- |
H$100 ! |
see also ENX | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EOH - Z |
Crow/Bouey |
2600- to 99- |
H$400 |
More expensive! | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EPA - C |
Crow/Bouey |
0001 to C239- |
C$200/100 |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EPC - V |
Thiessen/Crow |
2400- to 99- |
$100 EPC |
c/over | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EPW |
Thiessen/Crow; |
01 to 9686269- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EPW |
Crow/Bouey |
968?- to 9727- |
$1100 ! |
only 3 found ! | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
EPW - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
W9731- to Z99- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
Cat. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price 05 |
Note | |||||||||||||
BC |
1986 |
FNA - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
FOA - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
FPA - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GNA - Y |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to Y7759- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GNY |
Bonin/Thiessen |
7600- to 9999 |
Y$120 |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GNZ |
Bonin/Thiessen |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GOA - Z |
Bonin/Thiessen |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GPA - W |
Bonin/Thiessen |
0001 to W355- |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GPW - Z |
Knight/Dodge |
W3560- to 9999 |
$ |
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BC |
|
HNA |
Knight/Dodge |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
2002 | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNA |
Knight/Thiessen |
9.4 to 9.4m |
$ |
2002; 1 spotted | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNB |
Knight/Dodge |
0001 to 9369- |
$ |
Last Bird;2002 | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ANA - H |
Bonin/Thiessen |
0001 to H3519 |
$ |
changeover | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ANH - P |
Knight/Thiessen |
H352- to P4319 |
$ |
c/over. | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ANP - U |
Knight/Dodge |
43200 to U2599-? |
$ |
c/over; U last Bird | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ENX |
Crow/Bouey |
01 to 2242- |
$200 !! |
Yell bpn | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ENX |
Crow/Bouey |
00012- to 34799- |
$500 !! |
Blue BPN. | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ENX |
Thiessen/Crow |
348- to 6259-- |
$ |
Last ENX . | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
FNX |
Thiessen/Crow |
01- to 82799- |
$150 |
small/big F | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
FNX |
Thiessen/Crow |
82800- to 8319- |
$650 ! |
40,000 only ! | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ANX |
Bonin/Thiessen |
0001 to 199- |
$150 |
Last X; 200,000 | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GOT |
Bonin/Thiessen |
7,72- to 7,73-- |
$ |
rare Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GOV |
Bonin/Thiessen |
7,18- to 7,19- |
$ |
rare insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ANH |
Knight/Thiessen |
3,52 to 3,72- |
$ |
rare insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
ANP |
Knight/Dodge |
4.35 to 4.52m |
$ |
insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GPZ |
Knight/Dodge |
9,0 to 9,8- |
$ |
insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
GPH |
Knight/Dodge |
9.82 to 9.84m |
$400 !own 98- |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
1986 |
HNA |
Knight/Dodge |
9,8 to 99- |
$ |
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Cat. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price 05 |
Note | |||||||||||||
BC |
2002 |
ANV - Z |
Knight/Dodge |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNC - N |
|
0001 to N4? |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNN - Z |
|
0001 to N4? |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HOA - |
|
0001 to N4? |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
AOA - F |
|
0001 to F3.7m ? |
$5 |
Last Knight ? | |||||||||||||
BC |
2002 |
ANV |
|
3m.-3.2m |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
AOB |
|
2.5 to 2.5m |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNH |
|
4 ranges |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNM |
|
6 ranges 2.1-3., 96-7 |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNN |
|
0.02-.06 |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNR |
|
6 ranges 8.9-9.6 |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNZ |
|
3 ranges; 5.7-7.6 |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
H |
|
ranges |
$ |
Insert | |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HNN - Z |
|
N424- to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
HOA - H |
|
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||||||||||||
BC |
|
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$ |
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BC |
|
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$ |
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BC |
|
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$ |
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BC |
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$ |
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BC |
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Modern Ten's 1971 to 2005
The modern ten dollar notes,
consisted of 3 very different series, namely, 1971, 1989 and 2001, (plus a
slightedly modified 2005 Journey) The 1971 series consisted
of 3 2-letter series, namely, D/, T/, V/, with 13 asterisk notes; and 3 3-letter
series, namely ED/, EE/, ET/ and FD/, with one EDX replacement series .
Morever, the series also saw the notes changing from steel engraved
to lithographed. (The official issuing date was November 8 1971).
The 1989 Bird series is relatively short, only
4 and a half series (AD/, AE/, AT/, BD/, & half of BE/ [ up to BEH].)
It does have its share of scarce prefixes, namely BDH
(Thiessen/Crow), BEF, ATX(Bonin/Thiessen), etc. The 2001
Journey series, was heralded as the new era of Canadian modern papermoney,
having all anti-counterfeiting measures (paper, microdesigns, etc).
Nonetheless, problems appeared almost immediately; credible conuterfeits
mushroomed, even among highschool students, thanks to computer &
sophisticated printers. BoC was forced to replace the series with
`most sophisticated' design and paper in May 2005. (Actually, nothing much
more than a big fat security thread.) There is little doubt that
counterfeiters will give BoC a run for its money.
Cat Year Prefix Signatures Numbers Price 05 Notes BC 1971 DA - DL Beatty/Rasm 0001 -L0799- $40 First BC DL - DX Bouey/Rasm R290- - 327-;DX043- $ BC
DX - DZ Lawson/Bouey X044- to 9999 $ BC TA - TZ Lawson/Bouey 0000- to 999 $ BC VA - VX Lawson/Bouey 0001 to V7239- $ VX last 2-L BC DA* DB* DE* Beatty/Rasm Various $ BC DG*DR* DX* Beatty/Rasm Various $ BC DY* TC* TG* Lawson/Bouey Various $ BC TL* TT* Lawson/Bouey Various $ BC VA* VJ* VL* VT* Lawson/Bouey Various $ VT* Last * BC 1971 EDA - Z Lawson/Bouey 0001 to 9999 $ 1st BC EEA - P Lawson/Bouey 01- to P89999- $ steel BC EEP - S Crow/Bouey P900- to S99-- $ Steel Engraved BC EET Crow/Bouey 000 to T935999 $ steel engraved BC EET 936-- to 999 $ Lithographed BC EEU - V Crow/Bouey 001 to V49999- $ BC EEV - Z Crow/Bouey V50- to 9999- $ Litho BC ETA - Z Crow/Bouey 001 to 999- $ BC FDA - C Crow/Bouey 0001 to C48199- $ BC FDC - S Thiessen/Crow C48200 to 999 $ BC 1971 EDX Lawson/Bouey 01 to 21599- $1800 Steel Engrav. BC EDX Crow/Bouey 2169- to 2639- $ Steel BC EDX Crow/Bouey 2640- to 4589- $ litho BC EDX Thiessen/Crow 4601- to 5543- $ last X Cat. Year Prefix Signatures Numbers Price 05 Notes BC 1989 ADA - Z Thiessen/Crow 0001 to 9999 $ Bird BC AEA - Z Thiessen/Crow 0001 to 99999 $ BC ATA - Z Thiessen/Crow 0001 to 9999 $ BC BDA - H Thiessen/Crow 0001 to H0899- H $350! .84m. c/o BC BDH - Z Bonin/Thiessen H085- to 999- $ BC BEA - F Bonin/Thiessen 001 to F9599 $ BC BEF - H Knight/Thiessen 11000- to H600- F$50 BEF.4m BC BEH Knight/Thiessen 001 to 60,?-- $ Last Bird BC 1989 ADX Thiessen/Crow 00 to 5067- $ BC ATX Thiessen/Crow 00 to 2179-- $ BC ATX Bonin/Thiessen 2180- to 23199- $300 Replacement BC 2001 FDT Knight-Thiess 0001 to 9999 $ 1st 2001 BC FDY 0001 to 25000-? $ BC FDZ 900- to 9599- $ BC FDZ Knight/Dodge 9600- to 99999 $ 0.4m.; in vanc BC FEA 00- to 9999 $ BC FEE 0001 to 048- $ BC FEE 048- to 9999 $ printed 2002 BC FEF - FEN 001-- to N99 $ BC BEI - K 001- to K85- $ printed 02;last K/D BC BEK - R Jenkin/Dodge K86 -- to R85? $ Printed 03;circ 05 BC BER - T BER86 -- to T08- $ BC 2001 FDT Knight/Thiessen 9,0- to 9,8m $ Insert BC FDU 9,24m- to 10,0m $ Insert BC FDV 9.1- to 9.86m $ Insert BC FDW - to $ no Insert ? BC FEA Knight/Dodge 900- to 98999 $ Insert BC FEB Knight/Dodge 900- ? to $ no Insert ? BC FEC 9.8- to 9.99m $ BC FED 9.4 to 9.78 m $ Insert BC FEH 9.0 to 9.8m- $ BC FEM 7.52 to 8.2m $ Insert BC BEI 1.0- to 1.16m $ Insert BC BEK 86- $ c/o; Scarce BC BEK 9.3-9.66m $ Insert BC BER 9.68-9.69 $ Insert BC BER 9.70-9.711m $ Insert BC 2005 BEU - 01 to $ BC FEP - 01- to $ BC BER $ Insert BC FER 9.7-9.9m $ Insert
Law/Bouey
Steel
Last
1971
only up
to 2500-?
Ins;
None <9m.
printed
2001.
Prt 04; last
Jenkin/Dodge
Jenkin/Dodge
Printed 04 ?;
Printed 04;
Jenkin/Dodge
The modern Twenty notes consisted of 4 very different series, namely 1969, 1979(all numeric),
1991(Bird) and 2004(Journey), with more than 4.7 billions notes, still
going strong.
The 1969, the first of the modern
edition consisted 3 2-letter series (E/,W/, Y/ [up to YH]) and several
asterisk types, (E/,W/ & Y/). The perennial question is: are
the 14 asterisk notes all there are, or just the ones spotted so far.
The colour is a slightly darker than the later series and has a
certain subdued charm.
The 1979 all numeric series,
consisted of 3 series, i.e., 50, 52,(CBN) and 56(BABN), with corresponding
replacement notes (510 & 516). It also has the largest amount
of notes (2.6 billions). 1979 $20's, as its $5's counterpart did
produce an unintended 'controversy' among the collectors, specifically prefix
collectors. Charlton catalogue, for whatever reasons, takes the
position that the series has a 4 digit prefix (e.g. 5201). That
means, for prefix collectors would have to collect a lot more notes.
In other words, for example, they would have to collect 5200, 5201,
5202.... 5266 (67 or 68 notes !, since there are 2 different types of 5205, with
different signatures ) to claim they have a complete collection of 5200 series.
One could easily collect one 500...506, 506-509 (11 notes ) to say
to have complete 500 series, excluding the '51' notes.
The 1991 Bird series produced arguably the most
prefixes: 266 or 242, depending on the way of calculating, i.e. prefixes with
different signatures counted as 1 or 2 prefixes. It consisted of 10
series (EI/, ES/, EV/, EW/, EY/, (up to EYF), AI/, AV/, AW/, AY/(up to AYP.)
Of all the varieities or mysteries in the modern series,
probably nothing is more exciting than what appeared in $20 EVA-EVH.
Somehow, the Back Plate Numer (BPN) disappeared from some of the
notes. No one has yet to explain satisfactorily why this
happened. Nonetheless, it did produce a coveted star --EVH
without BPN. Supposedly, there are only 50 such EVH notes
spotted and saved. Other scarcer EV notes have not caught on.
Yet.
The 2004 Journey series
received wide initial praise for its theme, design and colour. It
may be around for a while, unless counterfeiting problem forces BoC to add more
futile features. With shopkeepers' relunctance to
accept $50 or $100, it may well be the most used.
Cat. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price05 |
Notes |
|||
BC_50a |
1969 |
EA -EZ |
Beatty/Rasm |
0001 to Z45- |
$ |
. | |||
BC |
|
EZ |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
WA - WZ |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
YA - YH |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to H9749- |
$ |
| |||
BC_50bA |
|
EA* EB* EH* |
Beatty/Rasm |
various |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EM* EV* EX* |
Beatty/Rasm |
various |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EZ* WA* WE* WF* |
Lawson/Bouey |
various |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
WL*WN* WV* YA* |
Lawson/Bouey |
various |
$ |
| |||
BC |
1979 |
500 - 506 |
Lawson/Bouey |
01 to 50675- |
$ |
; | |||
BC |
|
506 - 509 |
Crow/Bouey |
50676- to 5099- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
520 |
Crow/Bouey |
001 to 52053- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
520 - 526 |
Thiessen/Crow |
5205- to 5266- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
560 - 564 |
Crow/Bouey |
01 to 5649639- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
564 - 569 |
Thiessen/Crow |
5649- to 5695- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
510 |
Lawson/Bouey |
01 to 3479999 |
$1800 ! |
| |||
BC |
|
510 |
Crow/Bouey |
51003- - 0575- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
510 |
Thiessen/Crow |
510057- - 0965- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
516 |
Crow/Bouey |
51600- to 017- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
516 |
Thiessen/Crow |
51601- - 0503- |
$ |
| |||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
CAT. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price05 |
Note |
|||
BC |
1991 |
EIA - J |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to J399- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EIJ - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to Z99- |
$ |
. | |||
BC |
|
ESA - J |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to J41599- |
$ |
. | |||
BC |
|
ESJ - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
J4160- to 999 |
$ |
. | |||
BC |
|
EVA - EV V |
Bonin/Thiessen |
01 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
AIA - W |
Thiessen/Crow |
01 to W399- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
AIW |
Thiessen/Crow |
4000- to 7599-- |
$ |
W w/o serif | |||
BC |
|
AIW |
Bonin/Thiessen |
7600 to 999-- |
$ |
with serif | |||
BC |
|
AIY - Z |
Bonin/Thiessen |
01 to 9999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
AIX |
Thiessen/Crow |
001- to 20399- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
AIX |
Bonin/Thiessen |
204- to 3239- |
$ |
. | |||
BC |
|
EIX |
Thiessen/Crow |
1326- to 0999- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EIX |
Thiessen/Crow |
1.0- to 3.59m.- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
ASA - Z |
Bonin/Thiessen |
01 to 9999 |
$ |
|
|||
BC |
|
AVA - Z |
Bonin/Thiessen |
01 to 399- |
$ |
|
|||
BC |
|
AWA - C |
Bonin/Thiessen |
01 to C1999- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
AWC - M |
Knight/Thiessen |
C2000- to M1999- |
$ |
unc AWM scarce | |||
BC |
|
AWE |
Knight/Thiessen |
< 0.16 mil. |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
AWH |
Knight/Thiessen |
< 0.1m |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
AWI |
Knight/Thiessen |
1 - 1.1mil |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EV V - Z |
Knight/Dodge |
01 to 9999- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EWA - Z |
|
01 to 9999- |
$ |
(2001-4) |
|||
BC |
|
AWM - Z |
|
200- to Z999- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
AYA - P |
|
|
$ |
(2003-04) |
|||
BC |
|
AWM |
|
3.2 - 3.54mil |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EVZ |
|
8.77 - 9.84m |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EWI |
|
8.7 - 9.2mil |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EWZ |
|
3.88-4.05m |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EWZ |
|
5.43 - 5.50 |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EWZ |
|
5.61-5.65m |
$ |
Insert | |||
BC |
|
EYA - F |
|
01 to 9999- |
$ |
(2004) |
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
Cat. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price05 |
Note |
|||
BC |
2004 |
AYR - |
Jenkins/Dodge |
|
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EYG - |
Jenkins/Dodge |
|
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EYG |
|
0.342-.351 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
EYI |
|
7.9-8.2 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
EYI |
|
8.69- 8.9m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
EYI |
|
9.37-9.88 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
EYM |
|
4.32-4.33 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
EYM |
|
4.47-4.48 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
EYM |
|
4.58-4.66 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
AYR |
|
1.728-1.737 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
AYR |
|
1.86-1.87 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
AYS |
|
6.00-6.01 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
AYV |
|
8.91- 8.919 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
AZA |
|
0 - .009 m |
$ |
insert | |||
BC |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
BC |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
There are 3 series in modern fifty, namely, 1975 (RCMP musical ride), 1988 (Bird) and 2004 (Journey). Paradoxically, they are considered by some the most beautiful (1975) & the most controversial (2004) Canadian notes.
Cat. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Pri05 |
Note | |||
BC |
1975 |
HA - D |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to D6455- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
HB* |
Lawson/Bouey |
3121438 to 3355134 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
HC* |
Lawson/Bouey |
1132142 to 2599999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHA - F |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to F6439- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHF - N |
Crow/Bouey |
F644- to N999- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EFA |
Bouey/Rasm |
0001 to 6818999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHX |
Lawson/Bouey |
0001 to 037xxxxx |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHX |
Crow/Bouey |
042000 to 08599- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHX |
Crow/Bouey |
1700- to 2159- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
1988 |
EHP - Z |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
u | |||
BC |
|
FHA - M |
Thiessen/Crow |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
f | |||
BC |
|
FHM - S |
Bonin/Thiessen |
M21200- to S6599-- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
FHS - V |
Knight/Thiessen |
S6599- to V6919999 |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
FHV - Z |
Knight/Dodge |
69200-- to 999- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHX |
Thiessen/Crow |
08814- to 1431- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
EHX |
Thiessen/Crow |
2304- to 41199-- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
FHZ |
Knight/Dodge |
8444-- to 88527-- |
$ |
Replacement; | |||
BC |
|
FMA - F |
Knight/Dodge |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
FMF end | |||
BC |
|
|
|
|
|
| |||
BC |
2004 |
AHA - |
Jenkins/Dodge |
0001 to 9999 |
$ |
1st | |||
BC |
|
FMG |
|
|
$ |
1st | |||
BC |
|
FMI |
|
94-95 |
|
|
Cat. |
Deno. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price05 |
Notes |
|||
BC |
$1 |
1973 |
A(ABLN)* |
Lawson/Bouey |
various |
$good |
few unc survived | |||
BC |
|
|
F(ABGNV)* |
|
various |
$good |
few unc survived | |||
BC |
|
|
GF*GL*GU*GY* |
|
various |
$good |
few unc survived | |||
BC |
|
|
IA*IG*IL*IV* |
|
various |
$good |
few unc survived | |||
BC |
|
|
MC*MD*MM*MR*MZ* |
|
various |
$good |
few unc survived | |||
BC |
|
|
NP* OG*OL* |
|
various |
$good |
few unc survived | |||
BC |
|
AAX |
|
2160- to 3219- |
$60 |
Lithographed | ||||
BC |
|
EAX |
|
.62m to 1.06m- |
$120 |
Steel Engraved | ||||
BC |
1973 |
EAX |
|
|
$250 |
Lithographed | ||||
BC |
$2 |
1974 |
BA*BC*BJ*BM*BX* |
Laws/Bouey |
|
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
|
RA*RE*RW*UG* |
|
|
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
ABX |
|
001 to1.1m |
$250 |
$40 in 80s | ||||
BC |
ABX |
Crow/Bouey |
1.12m to 1.65. |
$500 |
0.56m |
|||||
BC |
$5 |
1972 |
CA*CC*CD* |
Bouey/Rasmin |
various |
$100 |
||||
BC |
1972 |
CS*CU*CV* |
Laws/Bouey |
various |
$500 |
|||||
BC |
. |
S(BFLPW)* |
Laws/Bouey |
various |
$150 |
|||||
BC |
1979 |
310 |
. |
0001 to 03319- |
$450 |
. | ||||
BC |
1979 |
310 |
Crow/Bouey |
332- to 4075- |
$1000 |
no | ||||
BC |
1986 |
ENX |
Crow/Bouey |
0 to 2.2m |
$250 |
Yellow BP | ||||
BC |
1986 |
ENX |
Crow/Bouey |
2.2m - 3.479m |
$450 |
Blue BP | ||||
BC |
ENX |
Thie/Crow |
3.48m to 6.25m |
$40 |
||||||
BC |
|
FNX |
Thiess/Crow |
0060 to 8279-- |
$30 |
|||||
BC |
FNX |
Thiess/Crow |
82800- to 8319- |
$650 |
40,000 ! | |||||
BC |
GOT |
Thiess/Crow |
7.72 to 7.73 mil. |
$ |
||||||
BC |
|
GOV |
Thiess/Crow |
7.18 to 7.19 m. |
$ |
! | ||||
BC |
GPH |
Thiess/Crow |
9.82 to 9.84m |
$30 |
||||||
BC |
|
ANH |
Kni/Thies |
|
$ |
| ||||
BC |
|
GPZ |
Kni/Dodge |
9.0 to 9.7m- |
$ |
. | ||||
BC |
ANP |
Kni/Dodge |
3.56 to 3.78 mil. |
$ |
| |||||
BC |
HNA |
Kni/Dodge |
9.8 to 9.9m- |
$ |
. | |||||
BC |
$5 |
2002 |
ANV |
|
$ |
|||||
BC |
ANW |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
AOB |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
HNH |
4 rang 5m -9m |
$ |
|||||||
BC |
HNM |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
HNN |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
HNR |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
HNZ |
|
$ |
|||||||
Cat. |
Deno. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price05 |
Notes |
|||
BC |
$10 |
1971 |
D(ABEG)* |
Beat/Rasmi |
various |
$150 |
||||
BC |
DY*T(CGLT)* |
Laws/Bouey |
001 to 2.1m |
$250 |
. | |||||
BC |
V(AJLT)* |
001 to 2.1m |
$250 |
. | ||||||
BC |
EDX |
Laws/Bouey |
001 to 2.1m |
$1800 |
ef $25 in 80s | |||||
BC |
EDX |
Crow/Bouey |
00216- - 2.6m- |
$350 |
steel engr. | |||||
BC |
EDX |
264- to 4589- |
$200 |
Litho | ||||||
BC |
$10 |
1989 |
ADX |
Thie/Crow |
01 to 5067254 |
$75 |
. | |||
BC |
ATX |
Thie/Crow |
001 to 2179- |
$40 |
||||||
BC |
|
ATX |
Bonin/Thie |
218- to 2319- |
$300 |
|||||
BC |
$10 |
2001 |
FDT |
Bonin/Thies |
9.0 to |
|
9.0 to 9.8 m. ? | |||
BC |
FDU |
K/D |
9.2-10m |
$ |
insert | |||||
BC |
FDV |
K/D |
|
$ |
||||||
BC |
FEA |
K/D |
|
$ |
||||||
BC |
FEC |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
FED |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
FEH |
9.0 - 9.9m |
$ |
|||||||
BC |
2005M |
BEU |
|
$ |
||||||
BC |
FEP |
|
$ |
|||||||
BC |
|
BEV |
|
$ |
insert | |||||
BC |
FER |
|
$ |
Insert | ||||||
Cat. |
Deno. |
Year |
Prefix |
Signatures |
Numbers |
Price05 |
Notes |
|||
BC |
$20 |
1979 |
510 |
Laws/Bouey |
01 to 3.4m |
$1500 |
||||
BC |
510 |
3.4m to |
$ |
|||||||
BC |
$ |
|||||||||
BC |
$20 |
1991 |
AIX |
Thie/Crow |
001 to 203- |
$ |
w/o serif | |||
BC |
AIX |
Bonin/Thie |
204- to 3239- |
$ |
w/ serf | |||||
BC |
AIX |
Thie/Crow |
400- to 7599- |
$ |
||||||
BC |
EIX |
Thie/Crow |
001 to 0999- |
$ |
w/o serif | |||||
BC |
EVZ |
Kni/Dod |
8.8 to 9.9m- |
$ |
| |||||
BC |
$20 |
1991 |
AWE |
K/D |
001 to .16m- |
$ |
| |||
BC |
AWH |
. |
0- to 1.0m- |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
AWI |
|
.10 - 1.0m |
$ |
||||||
BC |
AWM |
K/D |
3.186 to 3.546m- |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
AWR |
K/D |
0.463 to - |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
$20 |
1991 |
AWT |
. |
7.3 to - |
$ |
w/o serif | |||
BC |
EWI |
K/D |
8.9- to - |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
EWN |
K/D |
9.889- to 9.9- |
$ |
||||||
BC |
EWZ |
K/D |
2 rang 54- 562- |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
EYD |
K/D |
2rang 747-783- |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
$20 |
2004 |
EYI |
K/D |
79,86,93 - 82/89/98 |
$ |
f | |||
BC |
EYM |
K/D |
3 rang 43-466 - |
$ |
w | |||||
BC |
AYR |
K/D |
4rang 172-187.43. |
$ |
||||||
BC |
AYS |
K/D |
600 to 601- |
$ |
f | |||||
BC |
AYV |
K/D |
8910-8919- |
$70 |
f | |||||
BC |
$50 |
1975 |
HB* |
Laws/Bou |
3121- to 3355-, * |
$1500 |
.24m | |||
BC |
HC* |
Laws/Bou |
1123- to 2599- |
$1500 |
.15m | |||||
BC |
EHX |
Laws/Bou |
001 to .37m*- |
$3500 |
||||||
BC |
EHX |
Thie/Crow |
.42mm to .859m- |
$ |
||||||
BC |
EHX |
Thie/Crow |
088-T14. 23-T411- |
$ |
confu # | |||||
BC |
FHZ |
Kni-Dodge |
844-886; 97-98 |
$ |
||||||
BC |
2004 |
AHA |
Jen-Dodge |
-98 |
$ |
|||||
BC |
FMI |
Jen-Dodge |
95- |
$ |
||||||
BC |
$100 |
1975 |
JA* JC* |
Laws/Bouey |
$ |
|||||
BC |
$100 |
1988 |
AJX |
Thie/Crow |
$ |
hid BPN | ||||
BC |
|
AJX |
Thie/Crow |
|
$ |
cl BPN | ||||
BC |
|
BJR |
Kni-Dodge |
4.32-4.34m |
$ |
|||||
BC |
|
BJT |
Kni/Dodge |
9.7-9.72 |
$ |
|||||
BC |
2004 |
EJE |
Kni/Dodge |
5rang108/36-21/49 |
$ |
|||||
BC |
|
BJZ |
Kni/Dodge |
3 rang 504-543 |
$ |
|||||
BC |
|
BKE |
Kni/Dodge |
5 ranges: 251-283 |
$ |
|||||
BC |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
| |||
BC |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
Cat. Deno. Year Prefix Signa. Numbers Note From BC $5 GOT Th/Cr 7.72 to 7.73 mil. $ BC GOV 7.18 to 7.19 m. $ ! BC GPH 9.82 to 9.84m $30 BC ANH Kni/Th 82800- to 8319- $ BC GPZ Kni/Dodge 9.0 to 9.7m- $ . BC ANP Kni/Dodge 3.56 to 3.78 mil. $ BC HNA Kni/Dodge 9.8 to 9.9m- $ . BC $5 2002 ANV $ BC ANW BC AOB BC HNH 4 ranges BC HNM BC HNN $ BC HNR $ BC HNZ 5771213 $ AOB (ont.) BC HNZ 7404655 $ HNW (posted) BC HNZ 7451162-72 $ HNY1071000 BC HNZ 7451662-72 $ HNY1071500 (SASK) BC HNZ 7454118 $ HNY1134001 BC HNZ 7537248 & 748 $ HOA 4.61m BC HNZ 7587516-17 $ HOA4610000 (posted) BC HOG 0801471, 971, $ HOD 9841000 BC HOG 0806471,971 $ from HOD 9846000 BC HOG 0735011-12 $ From HOD9555000 BC HOG 0801471 $ BC $10 2001 FDT Bonin/Thies 9.0 to 9.0 to 9.8 m. ? BC FDU K/D 9.2-10m $ BC FDV K/D $ BC FEA K/D $ BC FEC . $ BC FED . $ BC FEH $ BC 2005M BEU $ BC FEP $ BC BEV $ insert BC FER $ Insert Cat. Deno. Year Prefix Signatures Numbers Note From BC $20 1991 EVZ Kni/Dod 8.8 to 9.9m- $ . BC AWE 001 to .16m- BC AWH 0- to 1.0m- $ BC AWI .1-1.0m;400-7599? $ BC AWM 3.186 to 3.546m- $ BC AWR 0.463 to - $ BC $20 1991 AWT 7.3 to - $ BC EWI K/D 8.9- to - $ BC EWN K/D 9.889- to - $ BC EWZ K/D 2rang 54- 562- $ BC EYD K/D 2rang 747-783- $ BC $20 2004 EYI K/D 79,86,93 - 82/89/98 $ BC EYM K/D 3 rang 43-466 - $ BC AYR K/D 4rang 172-187.43. $ BC AYS K/D 600 to 601- $ BC AYV K/D 8910-8919- $ BC $50 1988 FHZ Kni-Dodge 844-886; 97-98 $ BC FME Kni-Dodge 844-886; ?? $ BC 2004 AHA Jen-Dodge -98 $ BC FMI Jen-Dodge 95- $ BC $100 1988 BJR Kni-Dodge $ BC BJT Kni/Dodge $ BC 2004 EJE K/D $ BC BJZ K/D $ BC BKE K/D $ BC $ BC $
1986
$
$
$
insert
4.32-4.34m
9.7-9.72
5ranges,10-21 36/49
3 rang 504-543
5 ranges: 251-283