Canada 10 Dollars 2008

BANQUE DU CANADA · BANK OF CANADA OTTAWA THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER / CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL 10 CANADA TEN · DIX DOLLARS LA BIBLIOTHEQUE DU PARLEMENT · THE LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT 10 SOUS-GOUVERNEUR DEPUTY GOVERNOR GOVERNOR GOUVERNEUR SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD PRIME MINISTER / PREMIER MINISTRE 1867-1873, 1878-1873 EMISSION DE 2005 / ISSUE OF 2005

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 that of Sir John Alexander Macdonald, lawyer, Canadian statesman and 1st Prime Minister of Canada from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. In the centre vignette is a front view of the Library of Parliament with its legend to the right. Below the legend is the note's face value "10" and above the legend is a Canadian flag. The multicoloured printing is dominated by purple/yellow.

10 - CANADA In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. - John McCrae 1872-1918 - Au champ d’honneur, les coquelicots Sont parsemés de lot en lot Auprès des croix; et dans l’espace Les alouettes devenues lasses Mêlent leurs chants au sifflement Des obusiers. 10 PRINTED IN 2005 / IMPRIME EN 2005

At left, poppy flowers, a quote and two doves. At centre, a woman looking through binoculars with a globe in the background. At right, people standing by an arch structure.