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The current 100-dollar note was put into circulation through major banks in November 2011, made of a durable polymer instead of the traditional paper notes. [1] The notes are dominantly brown in colour; the front design of the note features former prime minister Robert Borden and the design on the back depicts the discovery of insulin .
An American flag is flying over the Parliament Buildings on Canadian paper money. This is not the case. The Birds series notes depict a Union Flag flying over Parliament on the $100; a Canadian Red Ensign (a former Canadian flag) on the $5, $10, and $50; and the modern maple-leaf flag was on the $2 notes. (The $20 depicts the Library of ...
The theme chosen for the $100 banknote was "exploration and innovation". [4] Its design involved input from seven separate sources, among them Natural Resources Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, the National Archives of Canada, and the Canadian Canoe Museum. [9] The banknote was first circulated on 17 March 2004. [37]
The Canadian currency tactile feature is a feature on the Canadian Journey and Frontier series of Canadian banknotes to aid people who are visually impaired to identify the notes. The feature indicates the banknote denomination in the upper left corner of the face side of the bill using a series of raised dots.
The current five denominations—$5, $10, $20, $50 and $100—will not be affected at this time, but the government may decide to remove legal tender status from older series versions of these denominations in the future. [10] As of January 1, 2021, the $1, $2, $25, $500 and $1,000 bills from every series are no longer legal tender. [2]
A study recently released by the University of British Columbia puts the annual chance that space rocket debris will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through busy airspace at 26%.
The primary impetus for the new banknotes was "the need to stay ahead of counterfeiters". [2] [3] By 2002, 10% of retailers in some parts of Canada refused to accept the $100 banknotes of the 1986 Birds of Canada series in financial transactions, [4] and by 2004, the counterfeit ratio for Canadian currency had risen to 470 parts per million (ppm). [5]
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