Ottawa, Ontario – Canada’s new and more secure $5 and $10 polymer bank notes were unveiled today at the Bank of Canada’s Ottawa head office, and from aboard the International Space Station. Both of the new notes will begin circulating, at the same time, this November … [Read the rest of the press release from the Bank of Canada.
In general I’m not a big fan of the plastic bills. They stick together even more than new paper bills and are very hard to separate, count and handle. That said I find the new designs artistic with meaningful themes.