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Does this designation affect the value of this bill? Any opinions would help. Thanks

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new to Reddit. Curious to what the value of this note might be.

Is it worth anything?

So I was reading up on the Bank of Canada's 1954 note series and ran into a genuinely weird case study in how engraving technique can accidentally create a controversy.

The 1954 series put Elizabeth II on every denomination. The portrait was designed by Charles Comfort, based on a photograph taken by Yousuf Karsh, and engraved onto the printing plate by George Gundersen at the British American Bank Note Company. Gundersen was apparently extremely good at his job good enough that he faithfully reproduced the natural shadow and curl patterns in the Queen's hair above her left ear, exactly as they appeared in the photo.

Problem: once that shadow detail got translated into high-contrast intaglio linework (the fine engraved lines used on currency), it resolved into something that looked a lot like a grinning face. Not intentional — nobody snuck anything in just an artifact of an engraver reproducing a photograph too precisely for the printing medium.

Complaints started showing up from 1956 onward (a British MP named H. L. Hogg reportedly wrote in). Rather than recall the currency — which obviously wasn't practical — the Bank had engraver Yves Baril quietly darken the offending highlights on the plate. Notes printed after 1957 came out clean, no public statement or acknowledgment that anything had ever been wrong.

Source: Bank of Canada Museum's writeup on the "Devil's Head" notes (bankofcanadamuseum.ca).

I was wondering how much this is worth

I recently have been going through my rare/collectible items and found this and posted it as an auction on eBay trying to get some extra money to propose to my girlfriend but soon after started getting offers that far exceeded my expectations. I was just wondering how much this bill is worth?
Its serial number is D00000010* if you look it up on eBay you will find the auction

Update: I unlisted it and I plan to send it in for grading

Final Update: I have re-listed it on eBay and it is available for sale, no longer getting it graded

Just curious if this is worth trying to sell, what's the value.

When I look these Star notes up on my currency.com it says there are multiple matching runs found. I'm not sure what that means. I've been collecting for a while and not sure what this means but can someone please explain this to me. Not the same as the 2013b Star notes is it?

Would a bank take this bill as damaged and replace?

It has a little bleed through onto the back, of the serial numbers. Is it worth keeping or spend?

Just curious 🤔