5 Dollars

Issuer	Royal Bank of Canada
Year	1927
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Printer	Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited
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Obverse description	Black intaglio print on white paper with a central vignette of the Royal Bank of Canada's coat of arms flanked by two oval portrait medallions — a young man in a suit at left and an older gentleman at right, both rendered in fine line engraving. The upper border carries the inscription DOMINION OF CANADA above THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, with WILL PAY TO BEARER ON DEMAND below; the denomination FIVE DOLLARS appears in a cartouche at the base, with the numeral 5 repeated in the lower corners. Red serial numbers and prefix letter D are printed in letterpress, and two facsimile signatures appear below with the titles GENERAL MANAGER and PRESIDENT alongside the date JAN. 2ND 1927.
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Reverse description	Printed entirely in green intaglio, the reverse centres on the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom with the motto DIEU ET MON DROIT on a ribbon below, supported by a lion and a unicorn, surmounted by a crowned helm. Two large rosette guilloche medallions bearing the numeral 5 occupy the left and right fields, and a fine lathe-work border frames the entire design. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA is lettered across the top, with FIVE repeated three times along the lower border and the printer's imprint CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, LIMITED in small text at the foot.
Reverse lettering	THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA DIEU ET MON DROIT FIVE FIVE FIVE CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY, LIMITED
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