If you could see anything from the Currency Museum

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Anyone else have anything they'd love to see?

Gorgeous $2 note Brent!!! The front actually looks fairly real. I'd like to see a note numbered with 7 zeros or low numbered changeover notes. And some low numbered Journey notes.

Well if I could see anything from the currency museum it would be the Dominion notes with special numbers, some of witch are pictured in the Charlton catalogue like the 1923 $2 solid 7 note, 1914 $2 and 1935 low #'s.

I would also like to see change over notes, mostly 1986 $2 Bonin / Theissen EGR2000000.

I'm sure I would feel over whelmed.

I would like to see their Ultimate Lasting Impressions set of the Birds/Journey's $5 notes /w First Prefix #1 serial. (ENA0000001,ANU0000001 and ???0000001 for the new Journey $5) I am sure it is out there!  

I would love to see the bank legals and a circulation 1935 $500

I would love to see the bank legals and a circulation 1935 $500

This link to a circ 35-500 was provided earlier in the thread.

This '35 $500 sold for 34,500us in Feb 05.

http://currency.heritageauctions.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=364&Lot_No=15523#Photo

How about these $500 notes?

The Bank of Canada's National Currency Collection has the following notes, plus a handful of circulated notes:
- A00001/A,B,C,D
- A00002/A,B,C,D
- A00003/A,B,C,D
- A00004/A,B,C,D
- F00001/A,B,C,D
- F00002/A,B,C,D
- F00003/A,B,C,D
- F00004/A,B,C,D
- Several SPECIMEN notes
- Several circulated notes

I saw a binder with all the above notes in it, plus a similar collection of 1935 $1,000 notes. The photo below is one I took from a page of that binder.

sudzee, eyevet, Oli1001 and myself had the honour of a private visit with the Chief Curator of the National Currency Collection at the Bank of Canada. During this visit, we spent a great deal of our own time in the public exhibits, and nearly an entire day with the Chief Curator discussing various subjects relating to banknotes, and having the enviable opportunity to view pieces from the collection that were not on display to the public. Just a fraction of the pieces that we saw are pictured in the below replies for your drooling pleasure. (We are not responsible for broken keyboards or sticky keys).

Anybody recognize this train?
Another photo taken by me from a binder containing Dominion of Canada proofs, specimens, production trials, etc.
I saw lots of other really cool stuff that I'd love to show you, but I was politely asked not to by the Chief Curator.

Also, something interesting that we found...
Look at notes DC-33 and DC-35 in your 19th Edition Charlton guide. Look at the scans of the fronts of the notes. Look at the signatures.
No, you're not seeing things. Those signatures ARE superimposed. You ARE seeing two signatures on a single note.
Bear in mind that the notes pictured here for bank legals are proofs and specimens. In these cases, they are proofs, because they were showing what the signatures would look like on the notes.

I've attached a zoomed-in (albiet blurry) photo of an actual bank legal proof, although not the same note as was used for the Charlton guide. This one is actually a DC-34, which is pictured with only a single signature and no seal in the book.

There are several examples of doubled-up signatures on bank legals in the NCC. I believe two such notes are on display in Exhibit 8 (the vault), and the rest in binders away from public eyes.

I would like to see their Ultimate Lasting Impressions set of the Birds/Journey's $5 notes /w First Prefix #1 serial. (ENA0000001,ANU0000001 and ???0000001 for the new Journey $5) I am sure it is out there!  

ANU0000001 was a Birds $5. The Lasting Impressions sets were numbered ANU 6940000 to ANU 6999999. The first issued Journey $5s were ANV 0000001

There are no plans for any further lasting impressions sets, due to the current ones being a rather embarassing failure.

As a general rule, the National Currency Collection (NCC) keeps the first three notes of any particular issue. So, ENA0000001 to ENA0000003 would be kept, the rest issued (special case: many low ENA were kept for low-numbered sets).

I would also like to see change over notes, mostly 1986 $2 Bonin / Theissen EGR2000000.

A more typical example would be the EGR T/C to B/T changeover at 2.0M. The NCC will keep EGR1999999, 2000000, 2000001 and 2000002. This is an interesting case, becase a member of this forum has EGR2000003 and EGR2000004. I have EGR2000005. Subsequent notes were also obtained, and many have since been sold off to others.

how about the exact highs and lows of all changeovers and replacements

You'll be happy to know that on our visit, we spent over an hour in Exhibit 8 going through all DoC and BoC panels checking serial numbers against what is known in the Charlton guide. Surprisingly, we found many new numbers which will be posted to the Charlton Updates forum and/or the Wiki (as appropriate) over the coming day or so.

  WOW!!!

That is REALLY COOL!!!

I know I can speak for everyone when I say we ALL wish we were there for that!  

Amazing stuff, I can only imagine all the stuff they have tucked away into binders hidden away from everyone.  

As a quick question, Has there been any talk of another BoC Auction anytime in the near future?  :-?

WOW!!!

That is REALLY COOL!!!

I know! I was saying that all day long today, almost as much as sudzee was complaining about grading standards.

As a quick question, Has there been any talk of another BoC Auction anytime in the near future?  :-?

No information available. My personal opinion would be to not expect one until the next note series is issued, and even then don't get your hopes up too high. There's nothing to sell right now.

A more typical example would be the EGR T/C to B/T changeover at 2.0M. The NCC will keep EGR1999999, 2000000, 2000001 and 2000002. This is an interesting case, becase a member of this forum has EGR2000003 and EGR2000004. I have EGR2000005. Subsequent notes were also obtained, and many have since been sold off to others.

I'm so happy that you made a point to look for EGR2000000-01-02 and end a mystery I've wondered about. I knew that EGR2000000 was in the NCC but I always thought that EGR2000001 and 2000002 were removed for an employee's personal collection but now I know that they are in the NCC.

I still have the three EBX notes that replaced the three EGR notes that were removed for the NCC.

So do they keep the first second and thrid notes for all new prifixs or how dose it work I have a number 1,2,3,4,5 on a new $5s