2 Dollars - George VI

€201,717.00
IssuerCanada
Year1937
TypeStandard banknote
Value2 Dollars (2 CAD)
CurrencyDollar (1858-date)
CompositionPaper
Size152 × 73 mm
ShapeRectangular
PrinterBA International Inc. (British American Bank Note; British American Banknote Company Limited), Montreal,Ottawa, Canada (1866-2012)
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In circulation to1 January 2021
Reference(s) Ch GPM#BC-22
Obverse descriptionEnglish text on the left and French text on the right. A black and white frame decorated with abstract forms and rosettes with the values `2` and `TWO / DEUX`. In the middle in an oval of the banknote is a portrait of King George VI in official attire. Background colour of the banknote is brown/orange.
Reverse descriptionIn the middle, an allegory of the harvest with a seated woman holding a billhook in her hand. on the left, we can see a cornucopia spilling the fruits of harvest, grapes, corn and wheat and a decorative composition. Background colour of the banknote is brown/orange.
Signature(s)James Osborne, Graham Ford Towers, Donald Gordon, James Elliott Coyne,
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Obverse lettering2 2 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 - 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2 2 2 22222222222 2222222222222222 - 2222222222222222 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 - 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2 222222222222222 - 222222222222222 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA WILL PAY TO THE BEARER ON DEMAND - PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE TWO DOLLARS - DEUX DOLLARS OTTAWA, 2ND JAN. 1937. - OTTAWA, LE 2 JANV. 1937. DEPUTY GOVERNOR - SOUS-GOUVERNEUR GOVERNOR - GOUVERNEUR 2 TWO 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 2 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2 DEUX 2 BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED
Reverse lettering2 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 2 2 - 2 2 TWO DOLLARS 2 DEUX DOLLARS 2 BRITISH AMERICAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED
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Catalog ID6710575240
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