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« on: September 08, 2024, 11:58:09 am »

I received a call last week from my friendly RBC branch that someone deposited 3 bundles of $1 banknotes and 2 bundles of $2 banknotes which appears to be the continuation of a collection dump.  The same depositor in November 2023 deposited 3 bundles of $1 and 2 bundles of $2 where I discovered a small B $1 with the prefix of BCP.  I posted that image then and now again for reference.  Now, out of these August 2024 bundles, I have found more mismatched B's where I found 2 BCT small B $1 banknotes in consecutive order and in EF+ condition.  It appears that there are more of these small B's $1 banknotes in existence.  No doubt, they are rare but they do exist and now we need to determine the ranges of these finds.

From the $2 bundles, I found two types of mismatched big B and small B.  The small B and big B prefix BGJ is in decent condition where I suspect it would be EF to AU.

I would ask everyone to check their collection of 1973 $1 banknotes to see if there are more small B's in existence or the possibility of a small B and big B 1973 $1 banknote as seen with the Bird $2 banknotes.

Enjoy the pictures,
Whitenite

P.S.  These recent bundles of $1 and $2 contained many other gems which will be posted in due time.  I am still shaking my head how I managed to get these bundles.


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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2024, 05:49:08 pm »

Hi,
Thanks a lot for this information you share with us.
Claude
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2024, 12:39:18 pm »

Hi Claude,
I got this note from the bank today. Big and little B's.
Cheers, Breanna

« Last Edit: September 09, 2024, 01:43:43 pm by Breanna72 »
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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2024, 02:04:43 pm »

Hi Claude,
I got this note from the bank today. Big and little B's.
Cheers, Breanna

Hi Breanna,
The differences in the size of the letters applies to the first prefix letter only.  The "Bs" in the first position can be large or small.

The "B" in the third position is always small.

Thanks,
Dean

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« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2024, 01:49:01 am »

Thanks Dean,
This b stuff has me so confused. But I am posting all of my 1973 B notes just incase it helps Claude narrow down a range. And a pic of MY favourite BEE notes.   :D :D :D
Cheers,
Bee

« Last Edit: September 12, 2024, 01:55:03 am by Breanna72 »
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« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2024, 07:19:42 am »

Hi Breanna72,
Thank you to show what you have but they are all regular notes because all the ''B'' on your 1$ 1973 they are all large,if you take attention on the BFB prefix it's easy to see the difference and all regular 1$ the first ''B'' it's always large''B''.About your 10$ all regular it's always small first ''B''and the same for 100$ except for 2$ because in prefix BBA to BBP all first ''B'' ti's a large(regular) and they change it for small ''B'' in prefix BBP around 3400000 not sure.
If you are not sure show me your notes and it's a pleasur to help you.
Claude
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« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2024, 06:36:26 pm »

Hi Everybody,

On Friday December 13th, I got lucky where my friendly bank in the Ottawa Valley called to tell me that more paper banknotes arrived.

To my amazement, I got the following 1986 $2 banknote with the prefix BGJ with a mismatched small B and large B printing.  This is the 2nd time that this bank branch yielded as BGJ banknote which was reported earlier in this thread.  Please enjoy the image and keep on looking as you never know what you can find.

Regards, Whitenite

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« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2024, 06:52:34 pm »

Hi Everybody,

On Friday December 13th, I got lucky where my friendly bank in the Ottawa Valley called to tell me that more paper banknotes arrived.

To my amazement, I got the following 1986 $2 banknote with the prefix BGJ with a mismatched small B and large B printing.  This is the 2nd time that this bank branch yielded as BGJ banknote which was reported earlier in this thread.  Please enjoy the image and keep on looking as you never know what you can find.

Regards, Whitenite

Great find, Whitenite!

Dean

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« Reply #8 on: March 15, 2025, 11:02:25 pm »

I realized something regarding the large B and large F in the first position of serial numbers. I recognize this font style used on the serial numbers of American currency back in the day (the U.S. may still use it today), and I am thinking the big B and big F may have been just a stopgap measure until the Bank of Canada got a new die created for the smaller B and eventually smaller F on a regular basis.  The small B for the first position was definitely in place by late 1989, and the small F was used in the first position on a regular basis by late 1994 or early 1995.

No large G was used for printer letter G on the $5 notes, possibly because the decision on the $2 bill's demise was finalized and enshrined into law by late 1994, and the final supply of twos were printed by late 1994, but its demise was not announced until the Federal Budget in late February 1995 (the $2 bill used denominational letter G, so the ceasing of printing $2 bills in 1994 meant one less denominational letter at that point, so there was no need to create a new die for G like they likely did with B and F).  And there was no large H for the $5 notes in the early 2000s because of the looming serial number font change for all five of the current banknotes and the phasing out of the letter/number dies that was in use from 1969 through 2004.
 

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