Canada 1954 $1 Banknote Modified Hair Beattie Coyne Pick 66b L/O Block AU/UNC

This is an original 1954 Series $1 Banknote issued by the Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada (Canadian Landscape Series), featuring Queen Elizabeth II and the iconic western prairie landscape on the reverse.

Note Specifications

• Country / Issuer: Canada (Bank of Canada)

• Denomination: $1.00 (Un Dollar)

• Series Date: 1954

• Catalog Numbers: Charlton #BC-37b / Pick #66b

• Portrait Variety: Modified Hair (Modified Portrait)

• Signatures: J.R. Beattie (Deputy Governor) & J.E. Coyne (Governor)

• Serial Number: L/O 6314383 (Red ink)

• Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited (CBNC)

Design Vignettes & Background

• Obverse: Dorothy Wilding portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in the Modified Hair design, where the curls behind her left ear were darkened and smoothed out to eliminate the "Devil's Face" optical illusion found on early 1954 printings.

• Signatures (Beattie-Coyne): James Coyne served as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 1955 to 1961 alongside Deputy Governor J.R. Beattie, placing the printing of this specific note in the mid-to-late 1950s.

• Reverse: Expansive Saskatchewan prairie landscape featuring rolling fields, telephone poles, and a distant grain elevator, engraved by C.A. Brenke.