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June 17, 2025
Bank of Canada values and prices of 1937 banknotes
The creation of a second series of bank notes, only two years after the first, was prompted by changes in federal legislation that required the Bank of Canada to produce bilingual bank notes. In the 1937 series, the portrait of King George VI replaced those of other members of the royal family on all denominations except the $100 and $1,000 notes, which featured former Canadian prime ministers.
June 16, 2025
5 cents 1937 to 1964 - Price guide and values
In 1937, G.E. Kruger Gray designed the beaver, which we find today on our 5 cent coins, thus taking up a symbol previously belonging to the Amerindians. During colonization, this animal was used, among other things, for barter and treaties; the beaver fur trade was the first important economic step of the settlers.
June 15, 2025
Bank of Canada values and prices of 1935 banknotes
The 1935 series consisted of ten denominations, all but one of which began to circulate on 11 March 1935, the day the Bank of Canada opened for business. The exception was the $25 note, which was issued two months later to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V. The 1935 series was the last to include $25 and $500 bank notes.
June 13, 2025
5 cents 1902 to 1936 - Price guide and values
In 1922, the size, composition and design of the nickel changed mostly to replace silver for nickel.
June 13, 2025
Weyburn Security Bank - Banknotes
The bank was established by a group of American investors as a private bank in 1910, by 1911 the bank had advanced to the point where it obtained a Canadian bank charter. Due to the onset of the great depression, in May 1931 the bank was purchased by the Imperial Bank of Canada.
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