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July 7, 2014

Frontiers Series $100 Note

This was the first note issued in the Frontiers series. The theme is innovation in medical research, and the vignette on the back is anchored by the image of a researcher looking into a microscope.
July 7, 2014

Frontiers Series $50 Note

The theme of the Frontiers series $50 note is Arctic research and Canada’s northern frontier.
July 7, 2014

Frontiers Series $20 Note

The Frontiers series $20 bill features a new portrait of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The vignette on the back is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial located on the site of the 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge in northern France.
July 7, 2014

Frontiers Series $10 Note

The central vignette on the back of the note depicts the Canadian, the VIA Rail passenger train that runs from Toronto to Vancouver.
July 7, 2014

Frontiers Series $5 Note

The design of the note focuses on the theme of space exploration, including Canada’s ongoing contribution to the International Space Station program through innovations in robotics.
July 7, 2014

Museum Reconstruction - Part 3

By: Graham Iddon


Bank of canada - Night
Though naturally we are aware that the former Museum space is being gutted, the reality of seeing it empty is still pretty strange for most of us here. In the last blog of this series we showed you the empty cafeteria space that will become the new Museum, as well as some images of the old Museum as it was at the time: stuffed with odds and ends of exhibit cases, the occasional display still on the walls.
Content type(s): Blog posts
July 7, 2014

Birds of Canada Series $1000 Note

The note’s face features the Queen’s portrait. On her left is a view of the Parliament Buildings, showing the north side of the Centre Block with the Library of Parliament in the foreground.
July 7, 2014

Birds of Canada Series $100 Note

The second note to feature the optical security device was the $100 note, printed by British American Bank Note Company issued in December 1990.
July 7, 2014

Birds of Canada Series $50 Note

The $50 note issued in December 1989 was the first in the series to carry the cutting edge optical security device on its face.
July 7, 2014

Birds of Canada Series $20 Note

The face of the $20 note features the Doubtfire engraving of the Queen that appears on the $2 note, but the adjacent vignette spotlights the Library of Parliament.
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