The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 12, March 21, 2004, Article 14

NEW CANADIAN $100 CIRCULATES

  CBC/Radio-Canada, Canada's national public broadcaster,
  published an item about the country's new $100 bill:

  "Canada's new $100 bills were put into public circulation
  Wednesday - the latest of the country's currency notes to
  face a redesign to make them more difficult to counterfeit.

  The back of the $100 note will no longer feature a Canada
  goose. It has been replaced with a new theme - "innovation
  and exploration" through mapping. Former prime minister Sir
  Robert Borden is still featured on the note, although with a
  different portrait.

  The brown note gets several new anti-counterfeiting features,
  including a metallic holographic stripe, a watermarked portrait
  and a see-through number."

  "Many retailers now routinely refuse to accept $100 bank
   notes because of worries they might be counterfeit.

  The Bank of Canada plans to introduce new $20 and $50
  notes later this year. The $5 and $10 notes have already been
  revamped with new security features.

  To read the full story, with an illustration of the 
  new note, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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