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I am glad to see Turing on the note I am also glad we (Switzerland) no longer put people on our bank notes which eliminates the constant arguments of who should

I am glad to see Turing on the note I am also glad we (Switzerland) no longer put people on our bank notes which eliminates the constant arguments of who should be on them. When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes?

kleiba 6y ago
When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? Obviously not.
- dijit 6y ago
  Might _not_ be obvious since the majority of people did not live in the interim between King George and Queen Elizabeth - and given that monarchs on notes were not a fully realised thing before QEII. (Only Bank of Scotland did it + a few notes from the Bank of England, so it wasn’t so common and didn’t feel like a tradition) And that the “British” queen is still queen of Canada although under a separate title meaning a person could be the head monarch of Canada and not head monarch of Britain. But, to answer the original question: the coins issued under the reign of King George continued to be legal tender until they were phased out naturally, I think the process may have accelerated a bit but for sure there were people using money with King George until 1952.
  - timthorn 6y ago
    > there were people using money with King George until 1952. Shilling coins were in circulation until 1997 - it is really quite recently that King George on cash was phased out entirely.
    - Symbiote 6y ago
      31 December 1990, and 30 June 1993 for the florin (10p). A new, smaller 5p coin was introduced in June 1990, and the shilling-size 5p coin (and remaining shilling coins) were withdrawn at the end of that year. In theory, some very old shillings and florins from 1816 could still have been in circulation in 1990 and 1992. But, the Royal Mint and coin collectors would have removed those whenever they could (only pre-1947 ones by Mint for the silver content).
- yardstick 6y ago
  How so? Canada has the same person as Queen as in Britain. I would expect all notes produced post death to have the new Monarchs image.
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- Veen 6y ago
  The $20 bill has an image of the Queen, so perhaps they will. (If you’re unaware, Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the UK monarch happens to be the same person as the Canadian monarch.)
bawolff 6y ago
Note, only the $20 has the Queen on it. Other banknotes do not.
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
You mean if.
- sjwright 6y ago
  Pretty sure she’s mortal.
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > Pretty sure she’s mortal. Probably, but so is the monarchy. If the British monarchy is abolished while the present monarch is alive, there will never be a time when “the British Queen” dies.
  - Ancapistani 6y ago
    There have been no events within my lifetime to support this theory.
    - sjwright 6y ago
      Her biological parents died. The evidence is overwhelming that she shares the trait of old age mortality with (so far) all the other humans that have ever existed.
      - Ancapistani 6y ago
        I can think of about 7.8 billion examples of people who demonstrably exist and who have not yet died. Our best guess is that comprises around 5% of all humans who have been born.
jariel 6y ago
Totally the opposite, I'm glad to live in a place that has a modicum of culture. Once you give every artifact of culture away in the name of efficiency and 'not having to make a decision' ... ... then we'll have a Starbucks on every corner and they can issue the currency? Technically in Canada it would be King Charles (if that's the name he takes) on one of the notes. Canada also has on their notes a woman of colour who got into a minor verbal debate about 100 years ago about race as an example of 'social progress'? Turing is a sleek choice for the notes, because he's gay it has woke points, but he did break the code and possibly enabled a tipping point that literally saved the world. Which is a thing that kind of deserves recognition ... Edit: and of course there was his public shaming and subsequent post mortem redemption, which adds a major factor to his life drama. I think his legacy has the right mix of legitimacy and dramatic intrigue such that he will be one of the well remembered people when we look back several hundred years from now.
- sebmellen 6y ago
  I think it's hard to accuse Swiss banknotes of not "having a modicum of culture." I mean, have you seen them? They're gorgeous. Using Swiss cash was my favorite part of living in Switzerland aside from the gorgeous nature. Take a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#Ninth_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#N....
  - jariel 6y ago
    I'm not taking a swipe at the Swiss, and 'pretty currency' doesn't necessarily mean 'culture'. I'm saying that elevating people who have materially contributed to the nation, it's character and history is a positive cultural artefact and it's worth an occasional fuss.
fakedang 6y ago
> When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? For one, I would love to have Aladdin Trudeau on a few notes.
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kleiba 6y ago

When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? Obviously not.

dijit 6y ago
Might _not_ be obvious since the majority of people did not live in the interim between King George and Queen Elizabeth - and given that monarchs on notes were not a fully realised thing before QEII. (Only Bank of Scotland did it + a few notes from the Bank of England, so it wasn’t so common and didn’t feel like a tradition) And that the “British” queen is still queen of Canada although under a separate title meaning a person could be the head monarch of Canada and not head monarch of Britain. But, to answer the original question: the coins issued under the reign of King George continued to be legal tender until they were phased out naturally, I think the process may have accelerated a bit but for sure there were people using money with King George until 1952.
- timthorn 6y ago
  > there were people using money with King George until 1952. Shilling coins were in circulation until 1997 - it is really quite recently that King George on cash was phased out entirely.
  - Symbiote 6y ago
    31 December 1990, and 30 June 1993 for the florin (10p). A new, smaller 5p coin was introduced in June 1990, and the shilling-size 5p coin (and remaining shilling coins) were withdrawn at the end of that year. In theory, some very old shillings and florins from 1816 could still have been in circulation in 1990 and 1992. But, the Royal Mint and coin collectors would have removed those whenever they could (only pre-1947 ones by Mint for the silver content).
yardstick 6y ago
How so? Canada has the same person as Queen as in Britain. I would expect all notes produced post death to have the new Monarchs image.
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Veen 6y ago
The $20 bill has an image of the Queen, so perhaps they will. (If you’re unaware, Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the UK monarch happens to be the same person as the Canadian monarch.)

bawolff 6y ago

Note, only the $20 has the Queen on it. Other banknotes do not.

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

You mean if.

sjwright 6y ago
Pretty sure she’s mortal.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Pretty sure she’s mortal. Probably, but so is the monarchy. If the British monarchy is abolished while the present monarch is alive, there will never be a time when “the British Queen” dies.
- Ancapistani 6y ago
  There have been no events within my lifetime to support this theory.
  - sjwright 6y ago
    Her biological parents died. The evidence is overwhelming that she shares the trait of old age mortality with (so far) all the other humans that have ever existed.
    - Ancapistani 6y ago
      I can think of about 7.8 billion examples of people who demonstrably exist and who have not yet died. Our best guess is that comprises around 5% of all humans who have been born.

jariel 6y ago

Totally the opposite, I'm glad to live in a place that has a modicum of culture. Once you give every artifact of culture away in the name of efficiency and 'not having to make a decision' ... ... then we'll have a Starbucks on every corner and they can issue the currency? Technically in Canada it would be King Charles (if that's the name he takes) on one of the notes. Canada also has on their notes a woman of colour who got into a minor verbal debate about 100 years ago about race as an example of 'social progress'? Turing is a sleek choice for the notes, because he's gay it has woke points, but he did break the code and possibly enabled a tipping point that literally saved the world. Which is a thing that kind of deserves recognition ... Edit: and of course there was his public shaming and subsequent post mortem redemption, which adds a major factor to his life drama. I think his legacy has the right mix of legitimacy and dramatic intrigue such that he will be one of the well remembered people when we look back several hundred years from now.

sebmellen 6y ago
I think it's hard to accuse Swiss banknotes of not "having a modicum of culture." I mean, have you seen them? They're gorgeous. Using Swiss cash was my favorite part of living in Switzerland aside from the gorgeous nature. Take a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#Ninth_series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#N....
- jariel 6y ago
  I'm not taking a swipe at the Swiss, and 'pretty currency' doesn't necessarily mean 'culture'. I'm saying that elevating people who have materially contributed to the nation, it's character and history is a positive cultural artefact and it's worth an occasional fuss.

fakedang 6y ago

> When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes? For one, I would love to have Aladdin Trudeau on a few notes.

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