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100 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Canada |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Printer | Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
| Protection description | the latent portrait of King George V embedded in the paper. |
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The 1935 Bank of Canada series was the country's first issue as a central bank, established just that year after the Bank of Canada Act passed in 1934. Political pressure during the Depression had made a central bank unavoidable — years of competing chartered bank issues, varying quality, and public distrust of private money had worn out the argument against one.
P#53 is the English-language version; a French parallel exists as P#54, the two issues distinguished by their language of text rather than any change in plate design. Osborne served as the Bank's first Deputy Governor, Towers as its first Governor — both signatures appearing on this note carry that inaugural weight.
Known to attract fakes; authentication against the watermark is essential on any high-denomination 1935 example.