20 Dollars - Elizabeth II without devil's face

20 Dollars - Elizabeth II (without devil's face) - obverse20 Dollars - Elizabeth II (without devil's face) - reverse


Features

IssuerCanada 
Issuing bankBank of Canada
QueenElizabeth II (1952-2022)
TypeStandard banknote
Year1954
Value20 Dollars (20 CAD)
CurrencyDollar (1858-date)
CompositionPaper
Size152 × 70 mm
ShapeRectangular
Number
N#
201888
ReferencesCh GPM# BC-41, P# 80

Series: Canadian Landscape

Obverse

English texts on the left and French texts on the right. A black and white frame decorated with abstract forms in which the values "20" and "TWENTY / VINGT" are presented. On the right is a portrait of Elizabeth II, the new Queen of England and the Commonwealth. Background color of the banknote is yellow.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20 20 TWENTY DOLLARS 20 - 20 VINGT DOLLARS 20 20
20 VINGT DOLLARS - TWENTY DOLLARS 20
CANADA
TWENTY DOLLARS - 20 - VINGT 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
TWENTY 20 20 - 20 20 VINGT
CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED

Engravers: George Arthur GundersenYves Baril, Andrew McMillen

Designer: Charles Fraser Comfort

Reverse

In the middle, a snowy panorama in the Laurentians, Ontario. Background color of the note is yellow.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
20 TWENTY DOLLARS - 20 - VINGT DOLLARS 20
VINGT DOLLARS - TWENTY DOLLARS
20 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 20

Engravers: William Fraser Ford, Joseph Louis Bejcek

Designer: Charles Fraser Comfort

Signatures

John Robert Beattie (JRB)Deputy Governor
James Elliott Coyne (JEC²)Governor
Louis Rasminsky (LR²)Governor

Printer

Canadian Bank Note Company, Canada (1897-date)