1935 Bank of Canada $50 (French version)

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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

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

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

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

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!

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.

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