Hi,
Thanks alot for your feedback. I got thinking about what was said about more specimen notes being offered by the Bank of Canada and hurting the values, so I decided to e-mail the Bank of Canada Currency Museum to ask about future specimen sales. Here is the reply I got today
"Dear
The original auction of Bank of Canada low serial number notes (1969-79) and specimen notes (1935, 1937, 1965, 1967, and 1969-79), to which you no doubt refer, took place on November 13, 1999 under the direction of Moore Numismatics Auctions. At that time, the Bank issued a statement regarding the bank notes in question.
Quote (bold added):
"The Bank of Canada is offering in this auction its entire inventory of 1969-79 low serial number notes and specimen notes from the 1935, 1937, 1965, 1967 and 1969-79 bank note series, with two exceptions. First, the National Currency Collection housed in the Bank of Canada's Currency Museum contains examples of all notes of these series. Secondly, the Bank will retain a small number of sets for operational purposes related to the verification of mutilated claims, but attests that these notes will not be made available for sale any time in the future."
The above quoted statement holds true today. I hope this information will be helpful to you.
John Inca Anderson
Currency Museum - Musée de la monnaie
Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada
tel 613.782.7821
fax 613.782.7761"