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100 Dollars

Issuer Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada
Year 1937
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Size 178 x 76 mm
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Obverse description The obverse is printed in olive-green and black with an intricate guilloche underprint. A central intaglio vignette presents a portrait of Sir John A. Macdonald within an oval frame, flanked by the bilingual issuer inscriptions BANK OF CANADA to the left and BANQUE DU CANADA to the right. The denomination ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS / CENT DOLLARS appears in a lower panel, with the place and date of issue OTTAWA and the promise clause WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND / PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE rendered in letterpress; the numeral 100 appears in large format at each upper corner.
Obverse lettering BANK OF CANADA
BANQUE DU CANADA
WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND
PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
CENT DOLLARS
OTTAWA, 2ND JAN. 1937
CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, LIMITED
ONE HUNDRED
CENT
100
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Protection description Portrait watermark of Sir John A. Macdonald visible when held to light.
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