Laurier Portraits...

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Do you think that the portrait of Laurier that is on the 1935/37 $1000 and the portrait of Laurier on the Journey $5 are from the same official picture?

John

Either way, Laurier looks like Mr. Spock on the '35 '37 and journey series.
On the '79 series, he kinda looks like an ewok... 

Dean

Either way, Laurier looks like Mr. Spock on the '35 '37 and journey series.
On the '79 series, he kinda looks like an ewok... 

Dean

On the current polymer series, his head looks like a marshmallow with a face painted on it!

On the current polymer series, his head looks like a marshmallow with a face painted on it!

I think whomever designed these current portraits on the polymer series did not quite get them right.

The level of detail is lacking as compared to the journey series and the chosen perspective seems to be slightly off in my opinion.

Dean

I was also a bit surprised to see the Laurier's portrait on the new 5$ 

I was wondering to see where the artist had taken their model to engrave the master plates.  I found a photograph of Laurier, probably taken at Sorel (Québec) around 1897-1900, when he was younger than the old portrait we know on him. The photo is found on the Canada Parks   website: http://www.pc.gc.ca/fra/lhn-nhs/qc/wilfridlaurier/activ/exposition-exhibition.aspx

I found that the portait on the 5$ is much alike this photo ...

Note: I tried to upload an image to the host but I get an error message when I tried to upload on Image Shack...

Sorry...

I don't know why exactly...

I recently won some 'vignettes' from eBay featuring Macdonald and Laurier.  I believe they are from the 1935/1937 series portraits?  I did not pay much for the pair (less than $10.00).  Thought they'd be cool to have as an oddball collector.  Don't think they're worth much?  But I do see proofs and other things go for much more on eBay.

Didn't realize image uploader was messed up.  Here is the eBay item though for people who are interested.

EBay Item : 141260988828

Link
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/141260988828?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

They aren't die proofs.  The brown engravings are cut out of The Story of the American Bank Note Company, William Griffiths, 1959.  It is sad to see these lovely old books cut up for eBay merchandise.  Even though they don't sell for much as a rule, there are about 90 engravings in the book, so there is a likelihood of clearing an eventual profit.

Ahhh, how would one recognize a die proof?  I didn't pay much for them, and thought they were pretty nice looking.  It'd be cool to have the rest.  Just for my own personal collection.  But, they are likely not worth any more than I paid I guess?