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Title: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: Frank_Lut on June 17, 2011, 02:55:53 am

Hi there,

I have a 1935 Bank of Canada (French Version) $50 note. It's a C series, and the serial number is F03995. The signatures are "Osborne / Towers". The Charlton number is BC-14.

Attached to this post are pictures of the front and the back of the note. I think it's in pretty decent condition.

Can anyone provide me with a rough estimate of its value?

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Thank you,

Frank

Title: Re: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: alvin5454 on June 17, 2011, 05:19:37 am

Nice note; probably AU. Charlton book value in AU is $15,000. EF is $11,000.

Title: Re: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: CA_Banknotes on June 17, 2011, 07:20:44 am

If you get that graded, there may be a very interested buyer for that beauty (namely, me)

Title: Re: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: buxvet on June 20, 2011, 11:06:46 pm

Nice Note

Bit of a counting flick and the corners aren't sharp
Looks AU'ish too me too

Tough to come by in that grade

Title: Re: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: Ottawa on June 21, 2011, 07:03:50 am

I'm pretty sure that this is the exact same note that I owned in the late 1970's (the serial number looks soooo familiar!). I purchased it from one Mr. A. Prakash (an early connoisseur of high-grade paper) and later I sold it back to him at around the $3,000 mark, which was a heck of a lot of money in those days!

The "Canadian" grade would be AU-58 Original or possibly UNC-60 Original in my personal opinion (depending on the grading company and the day of the week) but it would probably grade higher south of the border!

Title: Re: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: Frank_Lut on June 21, 2011, 08:44:11 pm

I had the note graded at BCS today, and it came back as an O.UNC 60. I will edit this post and provide a scan when I get home.

Thank you everyone for the grading information and pricing information!

By the way, I was extremely impressed by the professionalism and efficient service at BCS. I would highly recommend their grading service to everyone. I took the day off of work to drive up and deliver the note personally for same-day grading (nah, I'm not paranoid about mailing or anything...  :-D) and Steve was amazing. He took the time to explain the final grades of ALL the notes which I submitted, and his expertise on Canadian banknotes was extremely apparent while speaking to him. I'm definitely going to get all of my notes graded at BCS in the future.

Title: Re: 1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)
Post by: Typescore on June 21, 2011, 09:07:48 pm

Really nice note.  I have all 1935 bank of canadian notes up to $25.  Your $50 IS a dream image.  Hardly ever see a note like that in person or even ebay you should hung on to it good investnment. cheers type