50 Dollars

The BC-65 series $50 was a joint production between BA International and Canadian Bank Note Company — an unusual arrangement that reflected BA International's declining capacity in its final years before the firm ceased operations in 2012, ending over 140 years of Canadian banknote printing. Jorge Peral, a Cuban-born designer who joined the Bank of Canada's in-house team, was responsible for the Canadian Journey series across multiple denominations.

The hologram strip on this issue caused persistent complaints from retailers about verification difficulty under certain lighting conditions — a known practical problem with the series that accelerated the Bank of Canada's move toward polymer substrates, which arrived with the Frontier series beginning in 2011.