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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Notaphylic_C, post: 26307658, member: 130786&quot;]Dates are always a bit tricky to nail down but you were right (the date on the note is the <b>date of issue</b>) not when it was printed (or current). The 1979 series (pic you posted) would have been the current $20 note in 1986. (A person may have came across an old 1969 $20 but by 1986 that would have been quite unusual).&nbsp; What happened was that different signatures appeared over the lifetime of the series (+ # prefixes) &amp; that was the only way collectors could determine its approximate date of release. The 79&#039; FIVES &amp; TWENTIES were actually quite unpopular amongst most collectors I knew b/c nobody could crack the code (of the 3 number prefix- your note is 521) until much later, when our Charlton Catalogue came out (revealed the system in black &amp; white).</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0097.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0097.htm" rel="nofollow">The Birds $20</a> did not roll out until 1991 (&amp; it went for 13 years before being replaced by the <a href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0103.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0103.htm" rel="nofollow">Journey $20</a>).&nbsp; What I liked most about the Journey series ($10 introduced in 2001) was that it had the date (of printing) imprinted on the back (a first). But that&#039;s another story.</p><p><br /></p><p>-that&#039;s actually incorrect (had a brain fart) &amp; impossible since I started in 1979! I started <b>collecting</b> in 1974 (&amp; finished my 1st P/T job in 1984).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>-Yes &amp; it was also the the first series I started to collect from circulation.&nbsp; My brother got a 1<a href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0068.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.banknote.ws/COLLECTION/countries/AME/CAN/CAN0068.htm" rel="nofollow">954 Devil Face $5</a> from our grandpa &amp; that was what opened the &quot;Pandora&#039;s Box&quot; for me (my goal to get one for each denomination). However, I found it an exasperating chore b/c I wanted nice examples but they seemed far too expensive (considering millions were issued between 1954-1956) &amp; only the odd Modified Twenty would be found circulating by the time I started searching in 1974 (&amp; then in 79 during my P/T job).&nbsp; I kept putting off buying a nice example. Since I was cheap, I then bought soiled &quot;Fine&quot; to nicer &quot;VF&quot; examples &amp; they&#039;re the only series I have yet to upgrade. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a good read about the <a href="https://cdncoin.com/blogs/learn/the-devil-s-in-the-details-the-story-of-the-devil-s-face" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cdncoin.com/blogs/learn/the-devil-s-in-the-details-the-story-of-the-devil-s-face" rel="nofollow">Devil Face series</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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