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Bank Notes

Bank Note Series, 1935 to present

1969-1979 Series, Scenes of Canada

$20

Front

1969-1979 $20


1970

1969-1979 $20
1978 second issue*

Back

1969-1979 $20


1970

1969-1979 $20
1978 second issue*

Issue date: 22 June 1970
Subsequent issue: 18 December 1978*
Size: 152.4 x 69.85 mm (6.0 x 2.75 inches)
Predominant colour: Olive green

 

Front
Date on bank note: 1970
Date on second issue*: 1978
Signatures:

1970 Issue
Left - J.R. Beattie
Right - L. Rasminsky
Left - R.W. Lawson
Right - G.K. Bouey

1978 Issue
Left - R.W. Lawson
Right - G.K. Bouey
Left - J.W. Crow
Right - G.K. Bouey
Left - G.G. Thiessen
Right - J.W. Crow
Portrait: Queen Elizabeth II
(Queen Elizabeth II was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 2 June 1953, following the death of her father, King George VI, on 6 February 1952. She is currently the reigning monarch.)
Back
Scene:

Scene: Lake and Rocky Mountains
Moraine Lake, Alberta

*This denomination was revised in 1978. The red and blue serial numbers were removed from the face of the bank note and replaced by black serial numbers printed on the lower back of the bank note. The "Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada" inscription was removed from below the back vignette to provide a white background for the numbers.
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