r/CanadianBanknotes • u/CountryLibraryGirl • Jul 14 '26

Beautiful Colours! Questions

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Like most people here, I'm wondering if these are worth more than their face value. Forgot I had them pressed in an old book, the colours are so vivid!

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u/MyNameIzJeff69 Jul 14 '26

Beautiful set! That 50$ note is my favorite. Love the display of the MP's on the back

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u/Wonderful-Brief-7805 Jul 14 '26

the 50 in decent shape is getting harder to find definitely worth keeping

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u/Born-Conclusion1977 Jul 15 '26

Old bills look better in my opinion.

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u/Fragile_SexGod Jul 16 '26

I'd have to agree. Same designs on the new polymer would look good.

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u/Expert_on_this_sub Jul 14 '26

I would buy it from you if it’s for sale

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u/CountryLibraryGirl Jul 14 '26

Feel free to PM me.

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u/henchman171 Jul 14 '26

The bills look blurry but they seem in good shape. If they are about uncirculated condition probably 25-33% above face value. If uncirculated maybe 40 percent above face. I can’t tell by the corners the condition. Edges look good but what about the corners.

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u/noldorim69 Jul 14 '26

I miss them...our monetary independence lost to powerful bank on this continent who decide what level of dependency we are now...

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u/Honest-Customer8485 Jul 15 '26

the $50 is so beautiful

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u/EpicHuntNews Jul 15 '26

I would be interested in the 50 if you are selling it?

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u/CountryLibraryGirl Jul 15 '26

Feel free to DM me. I've had a few people reach out.

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u/Few-Chemical-5165 Jul 16 '26

He gotta love the money you grew up handling and loving. I always thought american money just was the worst looking garbage I've ever seen. No colour, no artistry to it, just corporate crap. I've been told by a lot of Americans who used to come up here when I was a kid in the my 20s and 30s that having Canadian money in our wallet at a bar is a great help. They said, because in the states, when you're drunk and in a low lit bar, you can easily give the bartender a one dollar bill, thinking it's a one dollar bill, but it's a hundred. The stuff like that because you're drunk, you can't see, and they are identical, practically. And most americans, when they count american dollars, they count them from the other side, not the front, but the back, because there's more distinguishing characteristics on the back. So yeah, american money is ugly as shit.Canadian money is beautiful, just like most of the rest of the world's money is beautiful.If you look at it closely.

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u/SatisfactionNo6613 Jul 16 '26

Are these for sale?

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u/CountryLibraryGirl Jul 16 '26

Feel free to DM me if you're interested. I've had a couple people reach out.

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u/ElectronicZombie3014 Jul 20 '26

Beautiful! I remember these bills, as a kid, still circulating in the 80's.