Catalog
| Issuer | Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada |
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| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Standard circulation banknote |
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| Obverse description | Black intaglio on orange guilloche underprint. Portrait of King George VI at center, with bilingual bank title above. Denomination numerals in each corner, with intricate lathe-work borders framing the vignette. |
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| Reverse description | Orange intaglio print with a central allegorical female figure seated, flanked by large denomination numerals "50" at left and right, within an elaborate guilloche border. Bilingual inscriptions appear above and below the central vignette, with the printer's imprint at the base. |
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| Signature(s) | 1937 - J.A.C. Osborne and Gordon Towers 1942 - Donald Gordon and Gordon Towers 1950 - James Coyne and Gordon Towers |
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