A red frame decorated with abstract shapes in which the `2` values are presented. Multicolour printing known as `rainbow printing`. Each banknote has a seven-digit serial number with a 2- or 3-letter prefix. The number on the left is printed in red, while the number on the right is printed in blue. On the left is an illustration of the `Coat of Arms of Canada` and on the right is a portrait of Elizabeth II, Queen of England and the Commonwealth.
Reverse description
In the middle, an Inuit hunting scene on Baffin Island. To the right and left, abstract forms in which the values `2`, `TWO` and `TWO` are presented.
Signature(s)
Ruston William Lawson, Gerald Keith Bouey, John William Crow,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
2 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
2
TWO 2 DEUX
DOLLARS
CANADA
OTTAWA
1974
CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL - THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER
SOUS-GOUVERNEUR - DEPUTY GOVERNOR
GOUVERNEUR - GOVERNOR
2 2 - 2 2
Reverse lettering
DEUX - 2
2 - TWO
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
