

This is no longer true, for now the majority of the collectors regard collecting the various signatures combinations within the design type as a mandatory criteria for a type collection.

At one time it was considered that acquiring a note from each design was sufficient to form a type collection. The simplest collection that can be formed is called a type collection. In general, collecting Bank of Canada issues can be divided into five main general groups and these are discussed next. It is hoped that the information provided will give some guidance to collectors in defining their collecting interests and objectives. Some of the ways that the Bank of Canada issue can be formed are examined in this article. A wide range of possibilities exist for the Bank of Canada issue with the collector "doing her/his own thing", and still being able to claim to posses a collection of Bank of Canada notes. The collector is not restricted to collecting these by the arrangement given in the catalogue, but instead can form a collection depending upon the desired challenge and available financial resources. Although, the Bank of Canada notes are listed in a logical order by series, these notes can be collected in numerous ways. A general listing of these notes can be found in paper money catalogues, for example, The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Canadian Paper Money or the Standard Catalogue of World Paper Money (known as Pick's catalogue).
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The Bank of Canada notes have been issued since 1935 and these have appeared in five series with different signature combinations of the Deputy Governor and Governor of the Bank of Canada.
