How can anyone claim this obviously counterfeit note is genuine?
Click on this link to see what a genuine Toronto $1 1870 should look like. Be sure to enlarge the image of the note face.
http://www.currencymuseum.ca/collection/artefact/view/1963.0014.00110.000/canada-dominion-of-canada-1-dollar-july-1-1870Now compare to the counterfeit image in this thread. Get them both up on your monitor together.
Examine in particular the engraving of Cartier's head, including the eye and beard, and the shading behind him.
Examine the eye of the child at the right of the centre vignette, also the hair and the outstretched hand.
Examine the details on the shield held by the helmetted woman, and her fingers over the globe.
The dove has an olive branch in her beak on the genuine but this detail is pretty much lost on the counterfeit.
Examine the digits of the sheet number, particularly the 2s.
The imprints would also give away the forgery but the images won't allow the necessary enlargement. Anyway there should be enough above to make the case decisively.