# New Canadian $100 banknote! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 29, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538 "2004-01-29T06:44:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/1 "2004-01-29T06:44:35Z")
…continuing the [redesign](http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/press/2004/pr04-4.htm) of Canada’s paper currency. It will go into circulation in March. It was announced early to educate retailers and the public about all its new nifty [security features](http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/banknotes/counterfeit/security/index100.html). Maybe this means retailers will actually accept the things again? Seriously, most small shops, fast-food places, etc (but not grocery stores for some reason) have signs up saying that they do not accept $100 notes because of fear of counterfeiting. I wonder whether the arrival of the new note will make as big a difference as it might have thirty or forty years ago. With the rise of (in order) cheques, credit cards, the national debit-card system, online banking, and then email money transfer, using banknotes to transfer large amounts of money between individuals seems to be becoming rarer. I haven’t had a hundred-dollar bill in my hands since I was paying the rent at university, twenty years ago. The vast bulk of my payments of a hundred dollars or more are by cheque, by online bill payment, or by debit card. Merchants can get away with refusing the hundred-dollar note because most people don’t pay amounts that large by cash anyways… It looks pretty cool though. I plan to get one for my father as a housewarming present when he moved into his new place. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/2 "2004-01-29T14:58:29Z")
It looks pretty neat. I’m still partial to the new 10$, and I rarely have ever held a 100$, but i’d like to get my hands on one just to examine it myself! The one I’m looking forward to, though, is the new 20$. THOSE bills, I always have on me thanks to the ATMs, and I can’t wait to see how they’re giong to modernize it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/3 "2004-01-29T15:49:22Z")
Neat. I especially like the “jigsaw 100” where the pieces of the number only fit together when you hold the bill at the correct angle. I suppose I’ll see a few if I go to Casino Niagara after March. Not that I’ll actually be holding one, mind you, but I’m sure I’ll see them around. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/4 "2004-01-29T17:33:10Z")
> [@](#): > > Maybe this means retailers will actually accept the things again? I’d be surprised. Around here, most places don’t accept anything bigger than a $20. Larger establishments like grocery stores and department stores will take big bills, but places like Walgreens, McDonalds, Denny’s and convenience/liquor stores don’t. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/5 "2004-01-30T01:00:11Z")
> [@](#): > > I’d be surprised. Around here, most places don’t accept anything bigger than a $20. Then how the heck does your economy work!? Twenty Canadian dollars is about $0.17 U.S.! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/6 "2004-01-30T04:55:21Z")
Works fine. $20 of our dollars exactly equals 20 American dollars. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/7 "2004-01-30T05:20:47Z")
Hmmm. I’m interested in these. Can you send me some? ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/8 "2004-01-30T05:22:08Z")
I reckon I could use a whole pack. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/9 "2004-01-30T15:35:38Z")
It’s a nice bill. Like many yanks, I don’t know much about Canadian history. Who is pictured on this new note? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/10 "2004-01-30T16:29:39Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > It’s a nice bill. Like many yanks, I don’t know much about Canadian history. Who is pictured on this new note? 😕 Robert Borden, Prime Minister from 1911-1920. [http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/h4-3200-e.html](http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/h4-3200-e.html) ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/11 "2004-01-30T16:50:34Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Maybe this means retailers will actually accept the things again? Seriously, most small shops, fast-food places, etc (but not grocery stores for some reason) have signs up saying that they do not accept $100 notes because of fear of counterfeiting. Well, it’s just a matter of time before they come into common use with inflation, maybe in, say, 60 years. 🙂 And besides, what are drug dealers supposed to do? Carry around big bricks of 20s? Do business with a bank and leave a paper trail? Sheesh! (BTW Borden’s on the old 100, too). ---
**Author:** ![MarkofT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MarkofT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkofT)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/12 "2004-01-30T20:12:23Z")
Looking at the new notes I wonder why they put the “EURion Constellation” on the $5 and $10 but not on the $100. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/13 "2004-01-31T03:10:32Z")
On this page: [Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada](http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/banknotes/counterfeit/security/index100.html) I like how they mention that “in the absence of light, the watermark is not visible”. 😃 no shit! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/14 "2004-01-31T11:55:18Z")
\ “EURion constellation”? ---
**Author:** ![MarkofT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@MarkofT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarkofT)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2004, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/15 "2004-01-31T23:56:49Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > \ > > “EURion constellation”? [EURion Constellation"](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/eurion.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/16 "2004-02-01T04:56:17Z")
So the colour photocopier looks for that specific arrangement of dots to decide not to copy? Interesting! I had no idea. \ Yep, they’re there! Learn a new thing every day… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/17 "2004-02-01T05:26:18Z")
They always try to make the people on notes look noble, or intelligent, or handsome, or some such thing. I’m just wondering - when they re-design the $50 note, how are they going to make Mackenzie King look like anything other than a rotund, pudding-faced little plop? ---
**Author:** ![blasphmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@blasphmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blasphmer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/18 "2004-02-01T05:57:56Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Robert Borden, Prime Minister from 1911-1920. > [http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/h4-3200-e.html](http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/primeministers/h4-3200-e.html) Mmm, then i suppose this $100CAD bill I traded a $20USD for with Red Green on it is another counterfeit? ---
**Author:** ![Optihut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/edb3f5/32.png) [@Optihut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Optihut)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/19 "2004-02-01T13:23:28Z")
[hijack]New Canadian Dollar Bills? Damnation! I am going to Canada in April and I’ve still got 40 Can$ from my last visit in October 2000. Is that money I still have now invalid due to the new bills?[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/20 "2004-02-01T13:43:16Z")
> [@MarkofT](#): > > [EURion Constellation"](http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/eurion.pdf) Fascinating. So that’s why we have those funny spots on the back of the new US twenties. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538.md?page=2)