Coins → 1954 Devil's Face Banknotes

Bank of Canada Notes, 1954–1956

25 issues

Every note of the 1954 devil's face type, with its recorded printage. The first Bank of Canada series to carry Queen Elizabeth II went out on September 9, 1954 with a demonic face hiding in the highlights of her hair; the plates were corrected from June 1956, so every figure here is a printage with a deadline. The series also debuted the asterisk replacement note, and those replacement blocks hold the keys, down to 2,400 notes on the $5.

The complete checklist

IssueMintMintage
1954 $1 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa106,740,000
1954 $1 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa14,400
1954 $1 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa77,200,000
1954 $1 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa14,400
1954 $10 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa50,600,000
1954 $10 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa4,800
1954 $10 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa47,200,000
1954 $10 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa4,800
1954 $100 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa679,644
1954 $100 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa1,677,884
1954 $1000 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteKEYOttawa30,000
1954 $2 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa51,400,000
1954 $2 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa7,200
1954 $2 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa37,200,000
1954 $2 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa4,800
1954 $20 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa25,251,856
1954 $20 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa4,800
1954 $20 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa17,175,894
1954 $20 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa7,200
1954 $5 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa61,414,816
1954 $5 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa7,200
1954 $5 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa27,600,000
1954 $5 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers, Asterisk Replacement) Bank of Canada NoteKEYOttawa2,400
1954 $50 (Devil's Face, Beattie-Coyne) Bank of Canada NoteSEMI-KEYOttawa1,039,892
1954 $50 (Devil's Face, Coyne-Towers) Bank of Canada NoteOttawa1,440,000
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