Wow, canada-banknotes!
These are very interesting essays and add to our story about Canadian bank note design. Your images have many elements that we see in the $20 notes that entered circulation in ~1969.
I recall a blog post on the Bank of Canada Museum’s blog (The Museum Blog) about the competition between printers worldwide to design the $20 multicolour note. I appreciate the work that our Bank does in providing insight to our bank note history.
The museum blog post on October 21, 2021 focuses on designing the 1969 multicolour issue $20. It explains how the process began in 1963 with a worldwide competition request for proposals. The blog shows other submissions that were not chosen – what a variety! Eventually these notes were designed by De La Rue and the image of their “Design X III” shown is fairly similar to your post here on CPMF.
I’m not clear how the connection between design by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company and a proposal by De La Rue occurred. Any insight would be appreciated.
JBN
These are very interesting essays and add to our story about Canadian bank note design. Your images have many elements that we see in the $20 notes that entered circulation in ~1969.
I recall a blog post on the Bank of Canada Museum’s blog (The Museum Blog) about the competition between printers worldwide to design the $20 multicolour note. I appreciate the work that our Bank does in providing insight to our bank note history.
The museum blog post on October 21, 2021 focuses on designing the 1969 multicolour issue $20. It explains how the process began in 1963 with a worldwide competition request for proposals. The blog shows other submissions that were not chosen – what a variety! Eventually these notes were designed by De La Rue and the image of their “Design X III” shown is fairly similar to your post here on CPMF.
I’m not clear how the connection between design by Bradbury Wilkinson & Company and a proposal by De La Rue occurred. Any insight would be appreciated.
JBN
