2 Dollars

2 Dollars - obverse2 Dollars - reverse


Features

IssuerCanada 
Issuing bankBank of Canada
QueenElizabeth II (1952-2022)
TypeStandard banknote
Year1974
Value2 Dollars (2 CAD)
CurrencyDollar (1858-date)
CompositionPaper
Size152 × 70 mm
ShapeRectangular
Number
N#
201905
ReferencesCh GPM# BC-47, P# 86

Series: Scenes of Canada

Obverse

A red frame decorated with abstract shapes in which the "2" values are presented. Multicolor printing known as "rainbow printing". Each banknote has a seven-digit serial number with a 2- or 3-letter prefix. The number on the left is printed in red, while the number on the right is printed in blue. On the left is an illustration of the "Coat of Arms of Canada" and on the right is a portrait of Elizabeth II, Queen of England and the Commonwealth.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
2 BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA 2
TWO 2 DEUX
DOLLARS
CANADA
OTTAWA
1974
CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL - THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER
SOUS-GOUVERNEUR - DEPUTY GOVERNOR
GOUVERNEUR - GOVERNOR
2 2 - 2 2

Reverse

In the middle, an Inuit hunting scene on Baffin Island. To the right and left, abstract forms in which the values "2", "TWO" and "TWO" are presented.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DEUX - 2
2 - TWO
BANK OF CANADA - BANQUE DU CANADA

Engraver: Charles Gordon Yorke

Signatures

Ruston William Lawson (RWL)Deputy Governor
Gerald Keith Bouey (GKB²)Governor
John William Crow (JWC¹)Deputy Governor