Green, yellow, red, blue, and black tones give Canada’s one-dollar note the controlled formality of monarchy, bilingual statehood, and engraved landscape.
Design & Symbolism
Obverse
The obverse places Queen Elizabeth II at the right, with the Canadian coat of arms at the left and multicoloured rainbow printing running beneath the dominant design. The composition combines royal portraiture, bilingual Bank of Canada text, and abstract denomination forms, using colour not as decoration but as part of the anti-counterfeiting language of the Scenes of Canada series.
Reverse
The reverse opens onto Parliament Hill and the Ottawa River, with boats, logs, and riverbank trees forming a working landscape below the national seat of government. The scene moves from royal authority to parliamentary geography, placing Canada’s institutional centre within a wider image of water, timber, and movement.
Collector’s Insight
For collectors, this 1 Dollar note is a Crow / Bouey P-85c variety from Canada’s multicoloured Scenes of Canada series, with the BCD prefix falling within the regular full-run prefix range. Its British American Bank Note Company production, absence of watermark and security thread, rainbow-printing security approach, and 1 January 2021 demonetization date give the note a precise place between traditional engraved paper money and Canada’s later security-driven banknote evolution.
Shipping & Guarantee
Each banknote is carefully handled and securely packed to ensure safe delivery. Authenticity is guaranteed.
Serial number and prefix may vary from the reference image.
