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Canadian Notes => Early Canadian Notes => Topic started by: eyevet on November 03, 2004, 11:24:27 pm

Title: Planchettes
Post by: eyevet on November 03, 2004, 11:24:27 pm

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Look at the right portrait.  I thought plancettes didn't come along until the 1930's.  This note is dated 1917.

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Title: Re: Planchettes
Post by: BWJM on November 04, 2004, 03:17:25 am

Those dots could be anything, not necessarily absentee planchettes (especially considering that I see no other planchettes on that note).

Title: Re: Planchettes
Post by: Bob on November 04, 2004, 11:28:35 am

I believe that the three white dots on the right side of the note face resulted from pulled planchettes.  Planchetted bank note paper was been used for Canadian notes, although not continuously, beginning with the 25¢ fractional issue of 1900.  After a few years of use the finance department became concerned about notes being disfigured when planchettes wore off, and temporarily discontinued their use for Dominion notes until late in the Princess Patricia $1 issue, when they were restored.  Apparently technological improvements had been made, making the planchettes adhere better.