A dramatic title for a simple query. The policy of the BoC is to destroy all copies of the $1000 note as has been the case for a few years. I don't do much actual banking anymore so I wondered this; can you possibly find $1000s in local banks prior to being shipped back to be destroyed and if so could you exchange for one? I never bothered back when they were being phased out and you would still see normal Bird series notes such as the $20 still in circulation. As recently as 2013 I was able to pick up some Scenes series so I wanted to find out what success others have had checking the local branches in their area for old notes.
I haven't seen one since ca. 1997, some fool was showing it off in the casino and asking people to break it for smaller bills.
I know there is the ebay-premium option but I'm curious if others, akin to coin roll hunting, have found theirs at a bank via the 'old notes" method.
Canna say for Canada but I have managed to eek out 2 $500's and 3 $1000s in the USA. Curiously enough though, I have managed to find older Canadian $1 and $2 notes in foreign exchange - not sure if they came in from Americans or Canadians though.
