# 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:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**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, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/21 "2004-02-01T16:20:40Z")
**Optihut** , I doubt if they’ll have the new $20 note out that quickly. They’ve been issuing the new designs about every year to 18 months over the past few years, and they’ve just now issued the $100, so it will likely take a while. In any event, in answer to your question, the Bank of Canada has the same policy as the U.S. - it never recalls old notes, because that has the potential to undermine people’s confidence in the currency. Instead, the old notes are gradually removed from circulation by the banks when they become too tattered and torn. For example, the Bank of Canada introduced the new $10 note about three years ago, and I still occasionally get one of the old ones in change. ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/22 "2004-02-01T16:23:13Z")
> [@Optihut](#): > > [hijack]New Canadian Dollar Bills? Damnation! I am going to Canada in April and I’ve still got 40 Can$ from my last visit in October 2000. Is that money I still have now invalid due to the new bills?[/hijack] The old stuff is still legal tender. Fear not. ---
**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, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/23 "2004-02-01T17:17:20Z")
**Northern Piper** and **Gorsnak** : Thank you for the information, that’s a relief 🙂 ---
**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, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/24 "2004-02-01T23:38:35Z")
**Fern Forest** , I was wondering whether the new US notes had them. I haven’t seen one of the new ones. **Optihut** , I’m sorry, the old ones are no longer valid for tourist use. You’ll have to exchange them. Just send them to **Sunspace** , PO Box \, Toronto, Ontari—Hey! Ow! What are you doing-- biff _thud_ SOK Ow! My eye! paf _thud_ My Spleen! !smack! trample trample [sub]urgghh[/sub] ---
**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:** [March 19, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/25 "2004-03-19T15:39:21Z")
_bump_ Well, the notes have been relased, and I’ve got my glommy paws on one! It’s pretty cool. “Hologram” stripe, woven stripe, watermark, puzzle numbers, Sir Robert L Borden, the East Block of Parliament, maps, canoe, satellite, and satellite dish. Housewarming present for my dad. 🙂 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/26 "2004-03-19T16:41:54Z")
**MarkofT** , the Eurion Constellation is on the new 100. Both sides, even. On the front, it’s in the horizontal zone below the watermark. On the back, it’s just below the map of Canada, where it looks like a map of impact zones plotted acros the midwest US. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/27 "2004-03-19T18:45:08Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Well, the notes have been relased, and I’ve got my glommy paws on one! Really? Let me see, let me see! Oh, right! :smack: We’re not in the same room (I keep forgetting that) … Well, just mail it to me so I can look at it. I’ll send it back when I’m done with it. 😃 ---
**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:** [March 19, 2004, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-canadian-100-banknote/226538/28 "2004-03-19T20:50:55Z")
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