Canada 1973 $1 Banknote Scenes of Canada Lawson Bouey Pick 85b EAW Block Gem UNC

This is an authentic 1973 Series $1 Banknote issued by the Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada from the multicolored "Scenes of Canada" series, featuring Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and tugboats moving log booms down the Ottawa River on the reverse.

Note Specifications

• Country / Issuer: Canada (Bank of Canada)

• Denomination: $1.00 (Un Dollar)

• Series Date: 1973 (Ottawa)

• Catalog Numbers: Charlton #BC-46b / Pick #85b

• Signatures: R.W. Lawson (Deputy Governor) & G.K. Bouey (Governor)

• Serial Number: EAW 3526697 (3-letter prefix, 7-digit red serial)

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

Design Vignettes & Background

• Series Transition: Introduced in 1974 (bearing the 1973 series date), the "Scenes of Canada" series modernized Canadian currency with multi-colored lithographic underprints, wavy security rosettes, and an updated wilding-to-formal mature portrait of Queen Elizabeth II wearing the George IV State Diadem.

• Reverse Vignette: A busy logging scene on the Ottawa River below Parliament Hill, showing the tugboat Missinaibi driving a timber boom, engraved by C. Gordon Yorke.

• Serial Number Format: This note belongs to the 3-letter prefix / 7-digit format introduced during the Lawson–Bouey term (1976–1984), printed on regular non-optical paper.