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What's your all-time favorite Canadian paper-bill?
I like most of the Canadian Government Paper Money, but => "My Top-Ten all-time favorite Canadian paper-bills"
10 => 1870 $1 Jacques Cartier
9 => 1887 $2 Lansdownes (two colors on the back design)
8 => 1897 $2 Six men in Fishing Dory
7 => 1935 $20 "Princess" Elizabeth (Pink)
6 => 1920 $1 Newfoundland George-V (Ship & Anchor on back)
5 => 1897 $1 Aberdeens ("green" Logging Scene)
4 => 1935 $25 George-V & Queen Mary (Silver Jubilee)
3 => 1912 $5 Passenger Train (The Ocean Limited)
2 => 1902 $4 Mintos (Ship in Canadian locks)
1 => 1954 $10 Devil's face (with Mount Burgess on the back)
Sorry, I don't have a camera yet (this would have been so much nicer if I'd shown a picture of each of these bills ... someday I will have those skilz)
What's your all time favorite Canadian Note?
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I would have to go with the 1935 Princess Elizabeth.
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Thanks for responding, motoryoda ...
yah, the pink Princess Elizabeth "Shirley Temple look-alike" note is a definite winner ...
Odd too, because at that time (1935), nobody would have ever suspected that Princess Elizabeth stood a chance of ever becoming the Queen, because at that time King George-VI (Elizabeth's father) was the younger brother to Edward "The Abdicator" who was supposed to inherit the throne once their father George-V passed-away ... but horny Eddie decided to go for the chick rather than the throne, so George became king and eventually Elizabeth became the queen => game breaker!
=> will Queen Liz break the all-time "reigning record" currently held by her Great Grandmother Queen Victoria? (man, it's gonna be a photo-finish!)
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10/15/2011 5:55 pm
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Union Bank of Newfounland, 1889 $20 note, with a train on both sides of the note... Here is the obverse  This is the reverse.  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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10/15/2011 6:28 pm
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Wow => nice ... that's an amazing note!
NOTE => I stuck to Canadian Government Paper Money and didn't include Canadian Bank Notes in my Top Ten (but maybe I should have!) ...
=> Again, that is one fantastic looking note! (man, I have to learn how to upload photos ... a picture is worth 1000 words) ...
Thanks SPP-Ottawa
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Hey SPP-Ottawa, you're a Geologist, is that correct? ... there is a bank note with a super-cool Underground Mining scene on it, but I can't recall which bank it's from?
=> do you happen to know, offhand? (I love the looks of that note as well)
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Of course, trains like that never existed in Newfoundland... I imagine those were "canned" images put together by the American Bank Note Company. But how many other notes had 5 trains on them?
"Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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=> "How many trains does it take to make an 1889 Newfie $20 dollar bill?"
"Five Newfie trains walk into a bar ... "
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10/15/2011 7:15 pm
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My favorite in my collection is the 1975 $50.00 in the multi-colour series with the RCMP musical ride on the reverse.
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wow, nice call, canuck1us => yah, I love that bill as well (they still perform that ceremony => I actually saw the RCMP do their musical ride when they toured through Thompson Manitba ... very cool) ...
And now that you mention fairly recent $50 bills => I also love the 1988 $50 "bird-bill", with the Snowy Owl on the back (wow, Canadian cash may look a bit like monopoly money every now and then, but OMG, 9 times outta 10 the Canadian bills are absolutely gorgeous!)
Hey, I'm a bit curious about your handle => what's with the canuck1us? (did you once live in Canada, but now you're living in the States? ... or are you merely a Vancouver Canucks fan!?) => either way, right on!
=> man, you've gotta admit that Canadian Bills are by far the prettiest bills, bar-none!
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SPP-Ottawa, that sure is a pretty newphie note.  |
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Quote:
there is a bank note with a super-cool Underground Mining scene on it, but I can't recall which bank it's from? There are quite a few out there, mining was essential for precious metals and coal was king back then. - 1920 NFLD $2 note is one (the reverse is the same as the $1 note you mentioned above)  - 1935 Bank of Nova Scotia $10 note is another, front, lower left panel  "Discovery follows discovery, each both raising and answering questions, each ending a long search, and each providing the new instruments for a new search." -- J. Robert OppenheimerContent of this post is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses...0/deed.en_USMy eBay store
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10/15/2011 10:16 pm
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Stevex6 - Yes, I was born and grew up in Nova Scotia...now live in Tennessee. I happened to catch the RCMP musical ride when I was visiting family this summer.
My son always liked the different coloured bills when we would visit, so I thought it would be nice to start a collection.
I've kinda built it up over the past few years - just waiting for the new polymer $100 to come out next month!
Something about being away from Canada draws me more to collecting the notes and coins.
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I'm in the US and agree with what has been said - Canada notes are, by far, the best looking notes I have seen. My favorite is also the 1975 50.00:  This is not mine - wish it was. I remember going to the Canadian bank in '75 and my grandfather exchanging US money for some of these. I wish I had been able to get/keep one back then. I wish the US would start making some of the "improvements" look more like this! How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halveshttps://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 |
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Dominion of Canada 1902 4/four dollar note, St. Laurence Seaway ship. I'm also proud to have one of these rare notes in my collection. Last I read there were only 116 known.
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