Canada Banknote Catalogue.

[Guest Aidan Work]

Name; Dominion of Canada.

 

Region; British America.

 

Constitutional status at time of issue; A British Dominion declared under the terms of the British North America Act,1867.Canada is one of the Dominions recognised as independent under the Statute of Westminster,1931,which established the British Commonwealth.

 

Capital; Ottawa.

 

Date of independence; 1st of July 1867.

 

Currency system; 100 Cents = 1 Dollar (since 1858).

 

Reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901);

 

Domiciled Issue;

 

1870 $1.

 

1878 $1.

 

1870 $2.

 

1878 $2.

 

1872 $50.

 

1872 $100.

 

1871 $500.

 

1871 $1,000

 

(Note; $500 & $1,000 notes were used in interbank transactions.

 

Non-Domiciled Issues;

 

 

1870 25 Cents;

 

P 25 Cents 1870 'A' Series (1870). T.D. Harington.

P 25 Cents 1870 'B' Series (1871-85)

P 25 Cents 1870 'Plain' Series (1885-1900).

 

Deputy Minister of Finance.

 

P 25 Cents 1900 J.M. Courtney.

P 25 Cents 1900 T.C. Boville.

P 25 Cents 1900 J.C. Saunders.

 

 

 

1897 $1.

 

1898 $1.

 

1887 $2.

 

1897 $2.

 

1882 $4.

 

1900 $4.

 

Reign of King Edward VII( 1901-10);

 

1902 $4.

 

Reign of King George V (1910-36);

 

P 25 Cents 1923 S.P. McCavour / J.C. Saunders

W/o 'AUTHORIZED BY R.S.C. CAP. 31.' Check letter 'L'.

 

1911 $1.

 

1917 $1.

 

1914 $2.

 

1923 $2.

 

1912 $5.

 

1924 $5.