A purple frame decorated with abstract shapes in which the `10` values are presented. Multicolour printing known as `rainbow printing`. On the left is an illustration of the `Coat of Arms of Canada` and on the right a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald, lawyer, Canadian statesman and Prime Minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891.
Reverse description
In the middle, representation of an industrial scene with the Sarnia, Ontario refinery. On the right and left, abstract forms in which the values `10`, `TEN` and `DIX` are represented.
Signature(s)
John Robert Beattie, Louis Rasminsky, Gerald Keith Bouey, Ruston William Lawson, Gerald Keith Bouey, John William Crow, Gordon George Thiessen, John William Crow,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
10 BANQUE DU CANADA - BANK OF CANADA
10
TEN 10 DIX
DOLLARS
CANADA
OTTAWA
1971
THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER - CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL
SOUS-GOUVERNEUR - DEPUTY GOVERNOR
GOUVERNEUR - GOVERNOR
10 10 - 10 10
Reverse lettering
DIX - 10
10 - TEN
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
