2 dollars — Canada (1937)
Pick# 59
Photo: Bank of Canada, via Wikimedia Commons
About the period
The 1937 issue is Canada’s first bilingual banknote series, with English and French text on the same note. The 1 to 50 dollars carry the portrait of George VI, the 100 dollars John A. Macdonald, and the 1,000 Wilfrid Laurier. More about the period “Issue of 1937”
Specifications
- Period
- Issue of 1937
- Currency
- 1 dollar = 100 cent
- Issue type
- Circulation
- Material
- Paper
- Size
- 152.0 × 73.0 mm
- Issuer
- British American Bank Note Company, Canada
- Dominant color
- Blue
- Watermark
- No
- Security thread
- No
Variants
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| Year | Series | Print run | Price | Details | |
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Issue 1
Deputy Governor:
Osborne J.A.C.
Governor:
Towers G.F.
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| 1937 | — | 20M | Estimate | Osborne-Towers, regular. P# 59a | + ☆ |
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Issue 2
Deputy Governor:
Gordon D.
Governor:
Towers G.F.
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| 1937 | — | 170M | Estimate | Gordon-Towers, regular. P# 59b | + ☆ |
| 1937 | Z/B | 4M | Estimate | Gordon-Towers, Z/B prefix. P# 59b | + ☆ |
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Issue 3
Governor:
Coyne J.E.
Towers G.F.
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| 1937 | — | 80M | Estimate | Coyne-Towers, regular. P# 59c | + ☆ |
| 1937 | L/R | 5.7M | Estimate | Coyne-Towers, L/R prefix. P# 59c | + ☆ |
| 1937 | Z/B | 6M | Estimate | Coyne-Towers, Z/B prefix. P# 59c | + ☆ |
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