Canadian Currency Takes a Level in AWESOME

[lordlundar]

Yes, my favourite part about Canadian money is you could literally laminate it and send it to someone as a postcard.

Depending on the bill it might be cheaper as well.

[fireheart17]

Yes, my favourite part about Canadian money is you could literally laminate it and send it to someone as a postcard.

Same with Aussie money.

It's polymer, it's pretty and it depicts important Australian people or places on it .

(Our $10 note is the most awesome because they microprinted "Man From Snowy River" on it)

[draco664]

Same with Aussie money.

It's polymer, it's pretty and it depicts important Australian people or places on it .

(Our $10 note is the most awesome because they microprinted "Man From Snowy River" on it)

The CSIRO (the Aussie institute of scientific research) invented the polymer banknote. The ability to print micro-writing on them is one of the security features.

[Jetfire]

Canadian bills are becoming polymers now too; the hundreds are already changed, the 50$s are changing soon if they aren't already, and the 20's, 10's and 5's will change in the coming years.

Plus we're ditching the penny this year.

And we supposedly are actively looking at a way to have untrackable digital currency; basically a fob of some sort that has an encrypted transaction algorithm to increase/decrease the amount stored on it, and otherwise it would have no idea who uses it. (Don't lose it, because anyone picking it up would be able to spend it). It wouldn't be tied to any bank accounts though; you'd have to go to a cash machine or use something else to reload it. (Think of it as a true digital coin purse)

[lordlundar]

Canadian bills are becoming polymers now too; the hundreds are already changed, the 50$s are changing soon if they aren't already, and the 20's, 10's and 5's will change in the coming years.

The 50's have reached circulation. The 20's should be occurring in a few months. By the end of (I think) this year all new bills will be the polymer ones.

[fireheart17]

The CSIRO (the Aussie institute of scientific research) invented the polymer banknote. The ability to print micro-writing on them is one of the security features.

Cool.

The reason why I mentioned the $10 note specifically is because it actually has the poem microprinted on it. ALL the other banknotes just have "Fifty dollars' "Twenty dollars" etc. printed on them in microprint.

[HYHYBT]

Our money has microprinting and is paper.

[Dreamstalker]

If any Canada denizens here do find one in circulation, can I buy it off you? (I can't pay $30, but will pay more than face).

[MrsEclipse]

I have such a man crush on Canada and this news only strengthens it.