Peter Kline

Go here for more info.

Malcolm R

Great. Our money gets ever closer to looking like it came from a Monopoly box...or Canada.

That thing's uglier than a chipmunk's behind.
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Philip Hamm

There's a difference between Monopoly money and Canadian money?

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Brian Perry

Is the $1 bill ever going to be changed to the style of the other bills (larger president's head)?

Malcolm R

Doubt they'll spend too much time worrying about $1 and $2 bills. They seem to be concentrating on $5 and up, as those are more likely to be counterfeited.

That thing's uglier than a chipmunk's behind.
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Francois Caron

Canadian Tire money is more valuable than either of those!

Max Leung

Heh, you guys finally have the technology to print colored bills? Welcome to the 19th century.

Just about every country in the world has color bills...makes them much harder to counterfeit, and also makes it easier to tell bills apart.

BTW, the Canadian dollar is worth 72 cents US right now...factor in the lower cost of living here in Canada, and I can buy up all your pretty ladies home theater equipment for real cheap!

Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet. He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath. This made him...a super-callused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.

Gameshow host: "Is taking Viagra kosher during Passover dinner?"
Whoopee Goldberg: "Not if it leads to pork."
Kermit the Frog: "Hey, that's my line!"

Cam S

That hardly looks like any color has been added to me? Not like our 10 or 5 dollar bill.

Haha, those are some good points Max!!

MOOOOOO

RichardDP

What cracks me up is that all of this is moot unless they immediately recall all of the "older" green $20s.

As long as they still accept the old ones as legal tender, a counterfeiter can continue to produce the older ones and pass them off. These new bills will do nothing to prevent that until all of the old bills are destroyed, which will happen exactly...never. For Pete's sake you can still spend the "old, old" $20 bill, no one bats an eyelash.

The continued stupidity of the government astounds me.

Greg*go

I agree with the above poster, until we say "no more" to the old... old $20 bills, what's the point of updating? The newer bills can be as hard to duplicate as they want, but it doesn't matter as long as the easily counterfeiting ones can still be used.

Although, I would be suspcious of someone that paid $5000 with old $20 bills. Maybe that's the reasoning.

I certainly don't expect anyone to remember me 65 years after I die, but you wouldn't know that from the way I act.
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