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DO CANADA'S NEW POLYMER $100 BILLS SMELL LIKE MAPLE SYRUP?David Klinger writes: I have often thought that money stinks. But here is a story about how some Canadian money smells sweet. I found an example, and could not smell the maple syrup. Mark Carney led the Bank of Canada through the financial crisis with aplomb but, until now, he has failed to answer one monetary question Canadians desperately want answered: Do Canadian banknotes smell of maple syrup? Speculation is rife from the cornfields of Saskatchewan to the forest of Nova Scotia that the high-tech plastic-based $100 notes introduced by Mr Carney have a secret “scratch-and-sniff” panel that releases the distinctive scent of maple tree sap. To read the complete article, see: Does Canadian money smell of maple syrup? (www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10083452/Does-Canadian-money-smell-of-maple-syrup.html)
Dick Hanscom forwarded an article from The Daily Mail. Thanks.
-Editor
Dick writes: I had a couple of Canadians in the store Thursday. I asked about the maple syrup smell. They said no, but there were people calling banks to make sure theirs were real because they didn't smell like maple syrup, and others asking if it had worn off!
The national treasury released a new plastic bank note in November 2011, and they have received hundreds of emails from residents who are convinced that the bills have an added fragrance. 'They all have a scent which I’d say smells like maple? Please advise if this is normal?' wrote one concerned citizen. Media liaisons for the Bank of Canada have repeatedly denied that there is any particular scent to the money, but that didn't stop concerned citizens. The Canadian Press submitted a request for all of the emails the bank received from the public in regards to the issue, and there are enough to fill a maple syrup vat. 'I would like to know...once and for all if these bills are in fact scented, as I do detect a hint of maple when smelling the bill,' another such email read. While some of the emails were focused on the question of whether or not they were scented, others were more concerned that their notes were defective since they had lost 'the scent'.
To read the complete article, see:
Canadians complain their new plastic $100 bills have unmistakable aroma of maple syrup
(www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2331770/New-Canadian-100-dollar-bills-reek-like-maple-syrup-national-bank-says-notes-fragrance-free.html)
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