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The Canadian twenty-dollar note is one of the most common banknotes of the Canadian dollar; it is the primary banknote dispensed from Canadian automated teller machines (ATMs). The newest version, the Frontier Series polymer note, was released to the general public on November 7, 2012, replacing the banknote from the Canadian Journey Series.
The $20, $50, and $100 notes introduce watermark security features for the first time on Canadian currency since the four-dollar Dominion notes; they also boast significantly expanded holographic security features. Also among the new features are a windowed colour-shifting thread woven into the paper, a see-through number, and enhanced ...
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]
In January 2020, the Bank of Canada confirmed it would begin soliciting suggestions for the historic Canadian who would replace Wilfrid Laurier on the $5 note. [3] The Bank of Canada released a shortlist of candidates under consideration for the bill in November 2020 which included figures such as Pitseolak Ashoona, Won Alexander Cumyow, Terry Fox, and others. [4]
Canadian Landscape is the third series of banknotes of the Canadian dollar issued by the Bank of Canada, ... $20, $50, $100, and $1000 ... "Canada's new bills".
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 twenty dollar bill or twenty dollar note is a banknote denominated with a value of twenty dollars and represents a form of currency. Examples of twenty-dollar bills include: Australian twenty-dollar note; Canadian twenty-dollar bill; Hong Kong twenty-dollar note; New Zealand twenty dollar note; United States twenty-dollar bill
A commemorative 10 dollar banknote, with a circulation of 50 million, was issued for Canada's 150th anniversary on 1 June 2017. It is of the same polymer material and purple colour of the standard Frontier series $10 banknote, but contains a unique design that includes four portraits of important historical Canadian figures.