500 Dollars - Elizabeth II Canadian Bank Notes

Reverse

The design is a reproduction of the allegory that appeared on the original 1935 $500 bank note; a seated woman holding a sickle surrounded by the fruits of harvest to symbolize fertility.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
500 DOLLARS
1935 CANADA 2010

Engraver: José Osio

Designer: Steve Hepburn

Edge

Serrated

Comment

5-Ounce Gold Coin - 75th Anniversary of the First Bank Notes Issued by the Bank of Canada (2010)
The design is a reproduction of the allegory that appeared on the original 1935 $500 bank note; a seated woman holding a sickle surrounded by the fruits of harvest to symbolize fertility. This is the fourth time that the Mint has produced a 5oz gold coin. Previous issues: 2007 - Queen’s 60th Wedding Anniversary, 2008 - 100th Anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mint and 2009 – 150th Ann. of beginning of Construction of Parliament Buildings.

Theme:
The Bank of Canada began operating 75 years ago in 1935 and was given responsibility to regulate the country’s money supply andto “promote the economic and financial welfare of Canada.” Accordingly, it was given the exclusive right to issue Canada’s bank notes. On March 11, 1935, the Bank of Canada issued its first series of bank notes.

The inaugural series of 1935 included denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 and $1,000. (A $25 note was issued later in 1935 to commemorate the silver jubilee of King George V).

The front of the notes featured a portrait of a member of the royal family or of a former Canadian prime minister while allegorical figures representing Canada’s growing agricultural, industrial and commercial prosperity appeared

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
2010	191	-	-	-	-	-	-

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