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1347:Bouquet sou
1223:1937 series
1218:1935 series
1026:5¢ (nickel)
413:1954 Series
384:1937 Series
355:1935 Series
343:Series year
334:Main colour
281:ice skating
249:ultraviolet
165:Design date
129:Design date
1580:Categories
1031:10¢ (dime)
1021:1¢ (penny)
794:5 February
682:References
349:Withdrawn
218:West Block
120:Portrait:
1157:Banknotes
1001:banknotes
999:Canadian
676:Fred Loft
648:Terry Fox
631:Star Trek
620:$ 5-bill.
579:Canadarm2
395:George VI
230:Canadarm2
155:Canadarm2
78:watermark
1253:Vertical
1248:Frontier
945:26 March
940:CBC News
863:Mashable
772:10 March
664:Binaaswi
652:Crowfoot
563:Frontier
277:sledding
88:printing
41:(Canada)
32:Banknote
1508:Toronto
1498:Calgary
1013:Coinage
869:5 March
841:14 July
362:Orange
340:Reverse
337:Obverse
241:Braille
187:English
137:Reverse
103:Obverse
97:Polymer
1335:tokens
628:, the
583:Dextre
568:
520:
488:
447:
418:
389:
360:
346:Issued
331:Series
285:hockey
283:, and
226:Dextre
191:French
159:Dextre
151:Design
117:Design
65:Height
1538:Other
1185:$ 100
1005:coins
919:2 May
894:2 May
626:Spock
587:2013
570:Blue
551:2006
540:2002
534:" by
522:Blue
503:1986
490:Blue
471:1979
460:1972
449:Blue
431:1954
420:Blue
402:1937
391:Blue
373:1935
245:blind
194:(see
57:Width
46:Value
1180:$ 50
1175:$ 20
1170:$ 10
1003:and
947:2024
921:2021
896:2021
871:2015
843:2015
796:2013
774:2015
748:2019
674:and
581:and
189:and
174:The
157:and
1425:$ 2
1420:50¢
1415:25¢
1410:20¢
1405:10¢
1165:$ 5
1147:20¢
1041:50¢
295:":
220:on
1582::
1400:5¢
1395:1¢
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670:,
666:,
662:,
658:,
654:,
650:,
279:,
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