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Message:: [QUOTE="Michael K, post: 3013007, member: 78298"]Prefix  F/P Quantity Printed 2,840,000$1.00 CENTENNIAL BANK NOTES The year 1967 would mark the 100th anniversary of Canada. The government of the day, wanted to commemorate this event so that all of the people could take part, in some way.  From a numismatic point of view, special coin sets were made that included a $20.00 gold piece. All of the decimal coinage feature animals on the reverse side, like the Canadian goose on the silver dollar. It was decided to produce a one dollar bank note with the dates 1867–1967 and no serial number. This has never been done before. The front of the one-dollar bank note would feature Queen Elizabeth II on the right side, and the centennial symbol, in the form of the maple leaf, on the left side of the note. The reverse side of the note would feature the original Central Block of the Parliament buildings that burned down in the 1916 fire. Note; the flag staff bears no flag.  At one time people reported being able to see or spotted the American flag in this issue, not so. The bank notes would be similar in appearance and color as the 1954 issue.  The Queen’s portrait would be located to the right of the note as was the case of the 1954 issue.  This was done in that fashion because the center of the note usually becomes folded and defaces the portrait of the King or Queen, as in the 1937 issues. The new special notes would be ready for issue during the early part and during the year of 1967.] The bank note would be a special collectors issue but became so popular, that the Bank of Canada was forced to produce more notes than first planned. In total 12,000,000 notes were produced without the serial number but with the dates 1867–1967. At first, these notes were not available anywhere except the Bank of Canada but soon they started to entered circulation. They were not meant for circulation at the start of issue but they were accepted by all stores and banks, during that time frame. Issues of these notes were printed by the Canadian Bank Note Co. (CBN) and the British American Bank Note Co. (BABN).  The two bank note companies produced the no serial number notes but their identification or imprints normally seen at the bottom, was not used for this issue.  These special no date notes were hoarded by the public with the regular issues, largely being forgotten. This hoarding created a problem with lack of the one dollar notes, the mint was forced to produce the same special note but with the prefixes and serial number along with the centennial symbol. Production was stopped in 1968 but the notes remained in circulation for some time. The next new issue for the one dollar note, non centennial, was dated 1973 and were released June 3, 1974. Both companies printed the regular issue of the centennial bank notes that contained the Centennial Maple Leaf on the right hand side. These notes had the prefix and serial numbers. The Canadian Bank Note Co. printed the “O” series of notes as listed below with the total number of notes printed. Altogether, it composed of seven series letter with two asterisk notes.Prefix Quantity Printed L/O 3,000,000 L/O* 40,000 M/O 50,000,000 N/O Inc O/O Inc P/O Inc R/O Inc S/O 7,900,000 N/O * 200,000 (estimated)    Total 398 106 The American Bank Note Co. printed the “P” prefixes series, F/P, G/P, H/P, I/P, J/P, K/P, L/P, M/P, and B/M*, F/P* Prefix Quantity Printed F/P 2,840,000 G/P 60,000,000 H/P Inc. I/P Inc. J/P Inc. K/P Inc. L/P Inc. M/P 2,720,000 B/M* 600,000 (estimated) F/P* 80,000 So there is an F/P note and an F/P* note.[/QUOTE]

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