50 Canadian Dollars, Series of 1986 "Birds of Canada"
Image of the face
Image of the back
| Issuing authority: | Bank of Canada |
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| Year on the banknote: | 1988 |
| In circulation since: | 1989 |
| Substrate: |
White paper has security green planchettes that have luminescence |
| Dimensions: | 152mm × 70mm |
| Face: | Portrait of W.L. Mackenzie King |
| Back: | Snowy owl |
Intaglio: face: portrait, coat-of-arms, all texts, signatures of the officials, face values. A horizontal guilloche line in the central part of the banknote with micro-lettering and images to the right of the portrait; printing plate number below the line in the left part of the banknote.
Offset printing: face: background grid with a rainbow effect in the central part of the banknote (concentric circles and alternating wavy lines of two colors formed by the face value numerals). Background grid of omnidirectional lines in the left and right parts of the banknote. back: all images except for serial numbers.
Letterpress: back: two serial numbers
Screen printing: (for the $20, 50, 100, and $1000 banknotes) face: rectangle with rounded corners - an optical security feature in the left part of the banknotes.
