Small B - new discovered prefix BCV for the 1973$1 banknote

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Further to my post in "Dean's finds", I found a 1973 $1 banknote from the hoard at the RBC branch in the Ottawa Valley where the starting letter of the prefix BCV was a small B which has not been reported in the Charlton Catalogue even though the Catalogue has mentioned the prefix of BCL.  Almost 100% of the 1973 $1 banknotes with the starting letter of B in the prefix is large.  I have searched through 1000's of these banknotes and never found a small B $1 banknote at shows, dealers and through banks across Canada.

I have been very lucky in the past two years where I have found examples of small B for BCP, BCT and BFG while searching through circulated 1973 banknotes.  I have posted these notes already in this part of the Forum.  To find the 4th prefix in the wild is something else.  I truly suspect that someone in the Ottawa Valley had a collection of these banknotes and now through my speculation that the estate is simply depositing these older banknotes.  To find 4 such examples within two branches of the RBC in the Ottawa Valley is astounding to say the least!!  I also found a circulated replacement banknote as well which is also unusual.

I have also included a BCB $1 banknote as well where everybody can see the difference in the font size of the B's.  To the untrained eye, the small B can be easily missed.

I am asking everyone to check their collection of 1973 $1 banknotes as I am betting there are more small B's out there.

If you find one, please report it.

Best regards, Whitenite

Hi,
Thank you whitenite for your discovery.I really appreciate the interst about this variety and also the same for 2$ 1986.The things I realize it's more hard to found  small''B'' in 1$ 1973 than the 2$ 1986 with one or two large''B'' in BGA to BGZ prefix.I saw a huge quantities of 1$ 1973 and I found 4 of those and about the 2$ 1986 I saw a very huge quantities and I found large''B''in prefix BGJ,BGL,BGP,BGR and BUJ more 2$1986 than the 1$ 1973.
I hope more collectors will take attention of this variety.I do a research in 2$ 1986 and if someone have this variety if they will report it,it help me in my research.
Did someone understand how the back plate and front plate # worked,what is the relation with the prefix?
Thank you.
Claude

Wow, Whitenite, the BCV small B is a great find...
Do you want to sell it?  I'll trade you some silver dimes and a box of pennies for it!

Dean