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5 Dollars
| Issuer | Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada |
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| Year | 1979 |
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| Value | 5 Dollars |
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| Obverse description | The obverse carries a portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier at right, rendered in intaglio against a green and blue guilloche underprint. The Canadian Arms vignette appears to the left of centre, flanked by the bilingual denomination inscriptions CINQ / FIVE DOLLARS and the country name CANADA in large letterpress. The legal tender text CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL / THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER, place and date of issue OTTAWA 1979, and two facsimile signature panels for the Deputy Governor and Governor are printed along the lower portion. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is dominated by a central intaglio vignette of a fishing seiner hauling nets at sea, with a mountainous coastal landscape visible in the background and a sailing vessel to the left. The design is executed predominantly in blue-grey tones over an intricate guilloche underprint with rosette patterns at the left and right margins. Bilingual denomination numerals 5 / FIVE at upper left and 5 / CINQ at lower right frame the central scene, with serial numbers printed in black along the lower edge. |
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| Signature(s) | Lawson & Bouey; Crow & Bouey |
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