Hi All, As some of you know Canada released its first polymer note yesterday Nov 14, 2011. This will be the first of the series which will follow in the coming years. I was able to get my hands on one today. They apparently are strong enough to withstand tearing, the dryer, and the extreme cold. (I have tried the tearing on one of the $100s and they are pretty tough). It has a couple of see through windows, one of which spans the height of the note and includes a couple metallic images inside. They didn't skimp out on the security features in this issue. Anyhow, here is the note, enjoy!:thumb:
That's pretty cool, it is a shame the U.S. can't even properly manufacture its new hundreds which are still made out of traditional cotton and linen!! Here the Canadians have transitioned to polymer without delay or any major problems that I am aware of.
Wow, what a great looking note. I've been reading about them for a while but hadn't seen one produced. Thanks for posting and now I have to send a message to my buddy in Toronto to see if he can get me one. Is it only the $100 that has been released?
Wow, I was in Toronto nearly for the first half of the year and this was on the news, had not come out before I had to come home. I did enjoy there colorful bills and looney and toonie coins
Ya, it is only the $100, the $50 is coming in March and the rest in late 2013. And yes, the note turned out much better than I thought it would, is stunning in hand!
Here's the commercial the bank of Canada put out to introduce the note. They also have a really interesting series on there YouTube channel about the development of bank notes and the testing they do before releasing new notes. As a new collector I found it interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7chpllnU-To&feature=youtube_gdata_player
If I went to my local bank (down here in the states) and made an international currency exchange for 100 Canadian dollars, would I get one of these new notes or would it most likely be an older one? I live out here in California and I have been to British Columbia. What do you guys think?
A customer had one yesterday. Nice looking note. I'll have to try to pick up a few this weekend just to examine.
from the picture, it looks like there's some sort of raised pattern in the top left of the face of the bill. is it supposed to be braille?
It's not exactly Braille, but it serves a similar purpose--to enable those with limited or no vision to identify the note by touch. Each denomination has a different pattern of these raised symbols. The next generation of U.S. currency is also going to have tactile features like this, we're told. (That is, assuming that the BEP can ever finish *this* generation of U.S. currency by releasing the new $100, so that they can move on to the next....)
Numbers is correct, they are raised dots, spaced at different distances and number of dots depending on the denomination. Our now previous paper bills has the same raised dots although they generally dont last too long before becoming flat. I would guess the polymer ones will hold up better.
