The 1954 Canadian Bank Note Series was the third set of Canadian bank notes. There was another variety of this series released two years later in 1956. Though released in 1954, the Bank of Canada's third order of bank notes were prepped in 1952. This is due to Queen Elizabeth II's taking the Royal Crown in 1952.

Although the 1954 Bank Notes look a lot different compared to the 1937 Canadian Bank Notes, the notes are still bilingual and all of the notes have the same color they did in the 1937 series. All of the notes have Queen Elizabeth II pictured on the front of them and this is the only series of bank notes that this has happened.

To prevent the portrait from being worn out from folding, the Queen's picture was moved to the right. The bills design was made simpler and the back of the bills now had Canadian scenes. For the first time ever the Coat of Arms of Canada was used on a bank note in this series, being put as a portion of the bills' background design.

The modified version of this series in 1956 was because of the highlights in Queen Elizabeth's hair. There was arguments over this because it presented a mirage of a demon grinning behind the Queen's ear. This gave the notes of the series the title of "Devil's Head".

This is a list of the different sites pictured on the reverse of each 1954 bank note.

The 1954 $1Bank Note has the Saskatchewan prairie on the back of it.

The 1954 $2 Canadian note has a picture of country land in Richmond, Quebec.

The 1954 $5 bill has a image of  Otter Falls, Yukon.

The 1954 $10 note pictures a Rocky Mountain peak in Mount Burgess, British Columbia.

A winter landscape in Laurentians, Quebec is on the back of the 1954 $20 Canadian bill.

The 1954 $50 Canadian Bank Note portrays an image of Lockeport, Nova Scotia.

The 1954 $100 Canadian Note shows Okanagan Lake, British Columbia.

The 1954 $1000 Canadian Bank Note has a covered bridge pictured in L'Anse-Saint-Jean on the Saguenay River, Quebec.

In January 1967, a $1 banknote was made to celebrate the centennial of the Canadian Confederation. It had Queen Elizabeth's portrait on the front and it pictured the Original Parliament Buildings which were burned down in 1916.

1954 canadian twenty dollar bill    C $20.00

Lot of Canadian $2 $1 Bill Lot Canada Dollar Bills Paper Money 1954 Ottawa Bank    C $24.87

6 LOT CANADIAN US PAPER MONEY BILLS US TWO 1976 CANADIAN ONES 1954 1967    C $24.87

The fifth Canadian bank notes series was the Birds of Canada series released in 1986. Using intaglio printing, the Bank of Canada made the bank notes with bigger portraits on the front. On the reverse of the note was a picture of a bird that could be found in Canada, but the bird had to go with the color of the note. The $20, $50 and $100 notes were printed with new security features to prevent counterfeiting. These features include:

1.) An Optical Security Device in the left-hand corner of the bill which changes colors when light hit it a certain way.

2.) Green dots on the bill when under a UV light glow blue. Trying to get rid of these dots will damage the bill.

3.) The large numbers and portrait on the note have raised ink that feels thicker.

The other big change in this series was that no $1 note was printed. This is because the $1 note and later the $2 note were replaced by more enduring coins, the Loonie and the Twoonie. The $1 and $2 banknotes are still considered legal tender, but they have slowly been taken out of circulation. In 2000, the $1000 bill was retired to help prevent organized crime and money laundering.

Each of the Birds of Canada banknotes had a different bird on the back of it, they are as follow:

The $2 note had Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse and on the reverse were robins.

The $5 banknote pictured Sir Wilfred Laurier (he was prime minster from 1896-1911)on the front with the Belted Kingfisher bird on the back.

The $10 bank note showed the portrait of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, who served from 1867-1873 and again from 1878-1891, on the front and an Osprey on the reverse.

The $20 Birds of Canada note pictured the Common Loon on the back and Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse.

The $50 Birds of Canada bill has a Snowy Owl on the back and former Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (he served from 1921 until 1930 and then again in1935 to 1943) was portraid on the front.

The $100 note showed the Canadian Goose on the reverse and on the obverse was Sir Robert Borden (prime minister from 1911 until 1920).

The $1000 Birds of Canada banknote pictured Queen Elizabeth II on the front and Pine Grosbeaks on the back.

CANADA $5 P95 1986 KINGFISHER UNC ENX REPLACEMENT BIRD BANK NOTE    C $159.22

CANADA $20 P97D 1991 QUEEN ELIZABETH BIRD UNC SCARCE BANK NOTE    C $59.70

CANADA $5 P95B 1986 KINGFISHER BIRD PARLIAMENT UNC NOTE    C $39.80

Two years after the 1935 Canadian Bank Note Series, the Bank of Canada printed its second series of bank notes. These notes were required to be produced as bilingual (English and French) because of altered Canadian government legislation. This series had the English writing on the left of the bills and the French writing on the right side of the bills.

Since King George V died on January 20, 1936 and Edward VIII resigned, most of the 1937 Canadian Bank Notes had the portrait of King George VI on the front of them. The only two bills that didn't have King George VI on them were the 1937 $100 Canadian Bank Note, which had Sir John A. Macdonald on its obverse, and the 1937 $1000 Canadian Bank Note, which had Sir Wilfird Laurier's portrait on its front.

The other changes to some of the bank notes are as followed:

The 1937 $2 Canadian Bank Note was now reddish brown color instead of blue and the reverse of the note had a picture of a harvest parable changed from the scene of transportation allegory on the 1935 bill.

The color of the 1937 $5 Canadian Bank Note was changed from orange to blue.

The harvest allegory on the back of the 1935 $10 Canadian Bank Note was changed to pictures symbolizing transportation on the reverse of the 1937 $10 Canadian Bank Note.

The meaningful images of agriculture were changed to pictures of fertility on the 1937 $20 Canadian Bank Note. The color of the bill was changed from rose red to olive green.

The only thing that was changed about the 1937 $50 Canadian Bank Note was its color from brown to orange.

The 1937 $100 Canadian Bank Note was made a lighter color of brown.

The 1937 $1000 Canadian Bank Note became a rose red color from its former dark green.

Canadian Bank Notes 1937 Set    C $646.88

OLD CANADIAN PAPER MONEY RARE 1937 BANK OF CANADA TWO DOLLAR NOTE GORDON TOWERS    C $21.40

Bank of Canada Canadian 1937 Complete 7 Note Set $100 $50 $20 $10 $5 $2 $1    C $597.11