English texts on the left and French texts on the right. A black and white frame decorated with abstract forms in which the values `50` and `FIFTY / CINQUANTE` are presented. On the right is a portrait of Elizabeth II, the new Queen of England and the Commonwealth. Background colour of the banknote is yellow/orange.
Reverse description
In the middle, waves and breakers at Lockeport, Nova Scotia. Background colour of the note is yellow/orange.
Signature(s)
John Robert Beattie, James Elliott Coyne, Louis Rasminsky, Ruston William Lawson, Gerald Keith Bouey,
Protection type
Protection description
Obverse lettering
50 50 FIFTY 50 - 50 CINQUANTE 50
50
50 FIFTY DOLLARS - CINQUANTE DOLLARS 50
CANADA
FIFTY DOLLARS - 50 - CINQUANTE DOLLARS
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA
OTTAWA 1954
WILL PAY THE BEARER ON DEMAND - PAIERA AU PORTEUR SUR DEMANDE
DEPUTY GOVERNOR - SOUS-GOUVERNEUR
GOVERNOR - GOUVERNEUR
FIFTY FIFTRY - CINQUANTE CINQUANTE
CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED
Reverse lettering
50 FIFTY DOLLARS 50 CINQUANTE DOLLARS
50
FIFTY DOLLARS - CINQUANTE DOLLARS
50 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 50
