Canada 20 Dollars Banknote Queen Elizabeth II Parliament of Ottawa Haida Art

Features:

Location Canada 

Issuing bank Bank of Canada

Issuing entity Bank of Canada

Queen Elizabeth II (1952-2022)

Type Standard banknote

Years 2004-2011

Value 20 Dollars

20 CAD = USD 15

Currency Canadian dollar (1858-date)

Composition Paper

Size 152 × 70 mm

Shape Rectangular

Obverse

Texts in English and French. On the left side, the issuing institute and the coat of arms of Canada with a vertical holographic stripe. The portrait is of Elizabeth II, Queen of England and the Commonwealth. In the center is a front view of the Parliament of Ottawa with a legend to her right. Below the legend is the note's face value "20" accompanied by a watermark with the portrait of Elizabeth II and above the legend a Canadian flag. The multicolored printing is dominated by green/yellow.

Lettering:

BANK OF CANADA · BANQUE DU CANADA

OTTAWA

CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL / THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER

20

CANADA

VINGT · TWENTY

DOLLARS

THE CENTRE BLOCK OF PARLIAMENT · L'EDIFICE DU CENTRE DU PARLEMENT

20

DEPUTY GOVERNOR SOUS-GOUVERNEUR GOUVERNEUR GOVERNOR

EMISSION DE 2004 / ISSUE OF 2004

Reverse

The image depicts the theme of arts related to Haida culture from the northwest coast of Canada. There are various works of art as well as a bilingual quote from a novel in the lower left corner.

Lettering:

20 - CANADA

Nous connaîtions-nous

seulement un peu nous-mêmes,

sans les arts?

- Gabrielle Rot (1909-1983) -

Could we ever know

each other in the slightest

without the art?

20

IMPRIME EN 2004 / PRINTED IN 2004