{"id":12545,"date":"2013-11-09T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T17:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=12545"},"modified":"2013-11-09T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T17:42:12","slug":"canada-goes-all-plastic-with-new-10-and-5-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2013\/11\/09\/canada-goes-all-plastic-with-new-10-and-5-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada goes all “plastic” with new $10 and $5 bills"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Specimen images of Canada’s new polymer $5 and $10 banknotes.<\/p><\/div>\n

Canada has been rolling out new polymer (plastic) currency since 2011. This past Thursday the Bank of Canada put the last two denominations into circulation: the $10 and $5 bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That completes the transition, as Canada doesn’t print $1 bills anymore, preferring $2 and $1 coins. Polymer $100, $50 and $20 are already in mass circulation.<\/p>\n

While colors on Canadian bills are unchanged the look – and the feel – is noticeably different than with old “paper” bills.<\/p>\n

Here’s what made the cut, in terms of image themes, as described by a Bank of Canada press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

$100 Medical Innovation – celebrates Canadian innovations in the field of medicine (Portrait: Sir Robert Borden)<\/p>\n

$50 CCGS Amundsen<\/i>, Research Icebreaker – reflects Canada\u2019s commitment to Arctic research and the development and support of northern communities (Portrait: William Lyon Mackenzie King)<\/p>\n

$20 The Canadian National Vimy Memorial – evokes the contributions and sacrifices of Canadians in conflicts throughout our history (Portrait: HM Queen Elizabeth II)<\/p>\n

$10 The Canadian<\/i> train – represents Canada\u2019s great engineering feat of linking its eastern and western frontiers by what was, at the time, the longest railway ever built (Portrait: Sir\u00a0John A. Macdonald)<\/p>\n

$5 Canadarm2<\/i> and Dextre<\/i> – symbolizes Canada\u2019s continuing contribution to the international space station program through robotics innovation (Portrait: Sir Wilfrid Laurier)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While the polymer bills cost more to produce<\/a>, they include more security features<\/a> to thwart counterfeiters and should last longer that the bills they replace.<\/p>\n

If you travel in Canada, or handle Canadian currency in the U.S., expect to encounter these soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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