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20 Dollars - Teller Practice Banknote
| Issuer | Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Type | Fantasy banknote |
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| Obverse description | Left-centre portrait of Queen Elizabeth II against a fine guilloche underprint in blue-green tones, with a vignette of the Centre Block of Parliament to the upper right. Large numeral '20' in intaglio at lower right. Red Chinese overprint characters (练功券 / 票样 / 练功专用 禁止流通) applied diagonally across the face, marking the note as a teller training piece. |
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| Reverse description | Right-centre vignette reproduces Bill Reid's sculpture 'The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, the Jade Canoe', rendered in intaglio in deep blue-green, with a secondary Haida artwork vignette at lower left. A large yellow-gold numeral watermark medallion anchors the centre-left field. Red Chinese overprint characters (练功券 / 票样 / 练功专用 禁止流通) are applied across the reverse, identifying this as a Chinese bank-teller training note. |
| Reverse lettering | CANADA 20 Nous donnerons-nous la peine de nous regarder nous-mêmes, sans les artifices... Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983) Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts? BILL REID (1920–1998) IMPRIMÉ EN 2004 / PRINTED IN 2004 练功券 票样 练功专用 禁止流通 (Translation: Practice note / Sample / For practice only, no circulation allowed.) |
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