Bank of Canada 1954 Ten Dollar Bill

Description:   1954 $10 bills were issued as “devils face” and as “modified portrait” notes. We show examples of both types in our picture guide below. If you look at Queen Elizabeth’s hair then you can see a shape that looks like a hook nose, bushy eye brows, and snarled lips. That is the identifier for the devils face note. Our guide here specifically applies to devils face notes. The modified portrait variety is many times more common than the devils face variety. All Canadian bank notes from 1954 have a similar face design. Only the colors and back designs differ between denominations. Ten dollar bills are purple in color and show Mount Burgess on the back of each bank note.

Varieties:   1954 ten dollar Devils Face notes can be signed by J.E. Coyne and G.F. Towers or by J.R. Beattie and J.E. Coyne. There are other varieties based on whether or not the serial number starts with an asterisk. Asterisk notes are very rare. There are lots of other more common varieties on the modified portrait notes that we are not covering here.

Quantity Printed:   97,809,600 (total applies only to Devils Face notes)

Text:   Canada – Ten Dollars – Dix Dollars – Bank Of Canada – Banque Du Canada – Will pay to the bearer on demand – Ottawa 1954 – Paiera au porteur sur demande -British American bank note company limited – deputy governor – governor – sous gouverneur – gouverneur

DEVILS FACE FRONT:

MODIFIED PORTRAIT:

BANK NOTE BACK:

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We are only buying 1954 Devil’s Face notes that also have a serial number that starts with an asterisk.  Please contact us if you have something like that.  Otherwise we would not be a buyer.

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