This stunning Bermuda 2 dollar bill won the Banknote of the Year Award when it was released in 2009 (P57) and it’s not difficult to see why. The charming vertical design depicts the Bermuda Bluebird, a hibiscus watermark and a compass which fluoresces under ultraviolet light. A portrait of Elizabeth II appears in the bottom left corner on the front and a clocktower features on the back. Crisp Uncirculated.
One dollar note from Canada featuring the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The note is dated 1954, the year after her Coronation, offered in Fine to VF condition. (P74/5)
In 1967, Canada had year long celebrations to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation. Part of the celebrations included the issue of a special 1 dollar note (P84a) It followed the regular design for the 1 dollar bill but had the unusual feature of the serial numbers being replaced by the date of the centenary 1867-1967. We are delighted to offer Crisp Uncirculated examples of this very unusual dollar.
In 2017 Canada celebrated 150 years of the Confederation of Canada 1867-2017. One of the ways it marked this milestone was with the issue of a 10-dollar polymer note which represented all the regions of the country and celebrated the work and lives of 4 prominent Canadians. The portraits of John Macdonald, George-Etienne Cartier, James Gladstone and Agnes Campbell Macphail appear on the front alongside a broad see through security panel. The regions of Canada are represented on the back with a view of Capilano Lake, Twin Sisters Mountain, wheatfields, the Kipana River, the coast of New Brunswick and the Northern Lights above Wood Buffalo Park. An impressive note in Uncirculated.
We offer Uncirculated examples of the new Canada Polymer 10-dollar bill released in 2018. (PNew) It is a first for a Canadian banknote. It is printed vertically. For the first time, a Canadian-born woman appears on her own on a Canadian banknote. She was Viola Desmond, a businesswoman who, in 1946, challenged racial segregation by refusing to leave a whites-only area of the Roseland Theatre. It was the most publicized incident of racial discrimination in Canadian history. The back has an illustration of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights alongside an extract from the Canadian Charter of Rights. Uncirculated.
Canada marked the fact that Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-reigning British monarch in September 2015 by issuing a special 20-dollar note (P111). These 20 dollars which are printed on polymer plastic have a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the front. In a see-through security panel to the right, there is a holographic strip which includes a youthful portrait of Queen Elizabeth taken by Karsh and the words declaring, in both English and French, that hers is a historic reign. In crisp, uncirculated condition.
These Million Dollar notes are a lot of fun. They are a private issue with an illustration of the Statue of Liberty on the front and Mount Rushmore on the back. Impress your friends with a Million Dollar Bill!