Bank of Canada 1954 One Thousand Dollar Bill

Description:   1954 $1000 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. One thousand dollar bills are pink in color and show a mountain lake and farm on the back of each bank note.

Varieties:   There are no varieties to the 1954 Devils Face $1,000 bill. Each note was signed by J.E. Coyne and G.F. Towers. There are no asterisk issues. Modified portrait notes do come in several varieties, but we are not covering those notes in our guide because they are just worth face value.

Quantity Printed:   30,000 (total applies only to Devils Face notes)

Text:   Canada – One Thousand Dollars – Mille Dollars – Bank Of Canada – Banque Du Canada – Will pay to the bearer on demand – Ottawa 1954 – Paiera au porteur sur demande – Canadian bank note company limited – deputy governor – governor – sous gouverneur – gouverneur

DEVILS FACE FRONT:

MODIFIED PORTRAIT:

BANK NOTE BACK:

DETAILED IMAGE:

NEED AN APPRAISAL OR WANT TO SELL?

We are buying all 1954 $1000 Devil’s Face notes.  We are not buying modified portrait notes, even if they are in perfect condition.  We have a great market for Devil’s Face notes; everything else is too common to sell.

Manning@CanadaCurrency.com