# Canadian currency has naked ladies on it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 7, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158 "2012-05-07T13:07:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/1 "2012-05-07T13:07:04Z")
Wow, some people see pR0n everywhere: [New polymer Canadian $20 bill](http://news.sympatico.ctv.ca/home/canadians_see_twin_towers_pornography_in_20_bill_design/ab523fe9) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/2 "2012-05-07T13:55:28Z")
Amateurs. Now [this](http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/_News/_SLIDESHOWS/BeautifulBills/BB09_cook.jpg) is pr0n! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/3 "2012-05-07T14:00:45Z")
The ‘moonie’ has the Queen with a bear behind. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/4 "2012-05-07T14:33:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Amateurs. > > Now [this](http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/_News/_SLIDESHOWS/BeautifulBills/BB09_cook.jpg) is pr0n! Not just pr0n – _ **awesome** _ pr0n!!1! ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/5 "2012-05-07T14:45:48Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Now [this](http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/_News/_SLIDESHOWS/BeautifulBills/BB09_cook.jpg) is pr0n! It’s Troy McClures’ fantasy 3-way. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/6 "2012-05-07T15:37:49Z")
Now I want a Cook Islands three dollar bill! ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/7 "2012-05-07T15:53:00Z")
Yeah? Back in the day we Amerikans were pretty awesome ourselves! Not just boobies but naked kids too! > **[Educational Series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_Series)** > > "Educational Series" is the informal name used by numismatists to refer to a series of United States silver certificates produced by the U.S. Treasury in 1896, after its Bureau of Engraving and Printing chief Claude M. Johnson ordered a new currency design. The notes depict various allegorical motifs and are considered by some numismatists to be the most beautiful monetary designs ever produced by the United States. > The obverse of the notes depict a neoclassical allegorical motif, which dominat... ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/8 "2012-05-07T16:48:56Z")
And of course there’s the[Land O’ Lakes Indian maiden](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYokbV3Iaas). ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/9 "2012-05-07T16:51:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Amateurs. > > Now [this](http://media.cnbc.com/i/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/_News/_SLIDESHOWS/BeautifulBills/BB09_cook.jpg) is pr0n! It would be almost worthwhile to have one of those to carry around so that when some self-styled wit makes a remark about “:queer as a…”, one could just whip out one’s billfold, show him that bill, and ask “Does this look queer to you?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/10 "2012-05-07T16:54:57Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > And of course there’s the[Land O’ Lakes Indian maiden](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYokbV3Iaas). And the original [Starbucks logo](http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110920142145/coffee/images/d/da/Starbucks-logo-siren-original.jpg)…no cutting required. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/11 "2012-05-07T17:11:25Z")
[Great Tits]([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GreatTit002.jpgGreat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GreatTit002.jpgGreat) Tits) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/12 "2012-05-07T17:37:16Z")
Not only tits, but the reverse of the Cook Islands $3 has [hanging pork](http://www.ebay.com/itm/COOK-ISLANDS-3-Dollars-Banknote-World-Paper-Money-aUNC-Currency-BILL-Ina-Shark-/230769288271?pt=Paper_Money&hash=item35baebe44f). ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/13 "2012-05-07T17:50:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Not only tits, but the reverse of the Cook Islands $3 has [hanging pork](http://www.ebay.com/itm/COOK-ISLANDS-3-Dollars-Banknote-World-Paper-Money-aUNC-Currency-BILL-Ina-Shark-/230769288271?pt=Paper_Money&hash=item35baebe44f). It isn’t just hanging. It’s dripping! ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/14 "2012-05-07T18:09:12Z")
Amatuers! The U.S. $20 bill has pictures of [the Pentagon and the Twin Towers](http://www.foldmoney.com/). It also has the names [Osama and Arafat (in reverse)](http://www.foldmoney.com/20b.htm) on the back. Not to mention, if you add 9+11 you get 20. How’s that for a conspiracy? ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/15 "2012-05-07T18:18:10Z")
That Cook Islands note gives “queer as a three dollar bill” a whole new meaning, I tell ya whut. ---
**Author:** ![saipanrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@saipanrick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saipanrick)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/16 "2012-05-07T19:33:41Z")
It would be even better if the Barenaked Ladies were on a Canadian bill. Perhaps the $1,000,000 note? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/17 "2012-05-07T19:41:30Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Amatuers! The U.S. $20 bill has pictures of [the Pentagon and the Twin Towers](http://www.foldmoney.com/). It also has the names [Osama and Arafat (in reverse)](http://www.foldmoney.com/20b.htm) on the back. Not to mention, if you add 9+11 you get 20. How’s that for a conspiracy? I had no idea [Al Jaffee](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jaffee) was designing our currency. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/18 "2012-05-07T23:25:38Z")
Why is Queen Lizzie on your currency again? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/19 "2012-05-07T23:47:42Z")
She’s the Queen of Canada. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158/20 "2012-05-08T00:14:43Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Why is Queen Lizzie on your currency again? > [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > She’s the Queen of Canada. I’ve forgotten whether it was a Canadian or Australian humorist who remarked about the benefits of Commonwealth status: “We get the cachet of having a monarchy – and we’ve conned Britain into paying for it all!” 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-currency-has-naked-ladies-on-it/621158.md?page=2)