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| Issuer | Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada |
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| Year | 1988 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1858-date) |
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| Obverse description | Portrait of Sir Robert Borden at right, rendered in intaglio on a brown and multicolour underprint; a large guilloche vignette at centre-left bears the word "CANADA" in bold lettering, flanked by the arms of Canada above and a vignette of the Centre Block of Parliament to the right. Bilingual inscriptions read "CE BILLET A COURS LÉGAL" and "THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER" across the lower portion, with "OTTAWA 1988" and the name "BORDEN" noted at lower right. |
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| Reverse description | Central intaglio vignette of a Canada Goose (Bernache du Canada) in low flight over a marshy landscape, with a flock of geese in the distant sky; a large latent-image guilloche watermark pattern carrying the word "CANADA" fills the background in pale underprint. Denomination numerals "100" appear at upper left and lower right, with the bilingual species inscription "BERNACHE DU CANADA / CANADA GOOSE" below the main vignette. |
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| Protection description | Embedded metallic security thread running vertically through the note; Sir Robert Borden's portrait visible when held to light. |
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