Canadian Banknote Serial Numbers And Production Figures. Has This Mystery Been Solved?

@DBM I do not. I have a few Canadian notes but am just trying to get educated.

Thanks

Thanks @JimmyD perhaps I can find something on ebay. Obviously the more recent the edition the more recent the production figures. I wonder where Charlton gets their information. It would have to be the government or the Canadian Banknote Company I guess.

Is information on what's provided available anywhere?

@JimmyD thanks I found the 4th edition online at internet archive.

@DBM As I was perusing the 4th edition that became evident. I did another search and came up with the 27th edition (2015) on the same site. I'll look this edition over and sing out if I still have questions.

I also discovered that the banknotes section of the coinsandcanada.com site does have production numbers if you drill down far enough.

My main interest is just to learn about the information on the banknotes themselves and some aspects of the production process. For example, the evolution and significance of different serial number formats for Bank of Canada notes and maybe something about the printing process like plate formats and relative note placement during production. I would also like to understand where face/back plate numbers fit into the production process and whether some plate number combinations are more rare than others. There's lots more about errors and varieties to learn as well and how they come to be. I expect there are similarities with US banknotes since printing money is printing money.

To be honest one of the aspects of this hobby that I enjoy is the learning and it seems like there's lots of room for that.