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We got rid of the penny in Canada. Seemed pretty painless lol. Everything is rounded to 5 cents now. Also, I think we're a lot more guilty of changing our mone

by cclogg 13y ago

We got rid of the penny in Canada. Seemed pretty painless lol. Everything is rounded to 5 cents now. Also, I think we're a lot more guilty of changing our money's 'look' lol. USD looks quite old in comparison.

Pxtl 13y ago
The transparent part of the new $20 weirds me out to no end.
MartinCron 13y ago
I visited Canada a few weeks ago and was extremely impressed by both the lack of pennies and the polymer notes. Keep up the good work, neighbors!
- alexeisadeski3 13y ago
  The polymer bills can melt in the dryer, or so I've been told. The hundreds smell like maple syrup - and that's not a joke.
  - MartinCron 13y ago
    I heard the rumors about the $100 notes but I didn't 't get to try them out. Going into a bank and and changing bills just so I could sniff them would out me as the worst kind of American tourist. Everything else smelled like maple syrup, though. So it wasn't a total loss.
  - sjtrny 13y ago
    Rubbish. They don't melt in a clothes dryer. They're designed to withstand temps of well over 100 degrees Celsius (Ps why do Americans not air dry their clothes?). I've never heard of anything going wrong with the notes here in Australia. You can also get them wet without any issue, a far more common occurrence. The Maple Syrup thing is a joke.
    - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
      It's not a joke. It's a controversy. Haven't met a single person yet who doesn't smell maple on a fresh stack of hundreds. Speaking of rubbish, you do know that cloth notes aren't damaged by water, right? The polymer bills are a cost saving measure, and they're inferior (in term of resilience) to their cloth counterparts.
      - sjtrny 13y ago
        Polymer bank notes last two and a half times longer than cotton based ones http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2013/04/publications/press-releases/bank-canada-unveils-new-5-and-10-polymer-bank-notes/ http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2013/04/publications/press-releas.... They may not be damaged by water but they do get wet which is a pain.

by cclogg 13y ago

Pxtl 13y ago

The transparent part of the new $20 weirds me out to no end.

MartinCron 13y ago

I visited Canada a few weeks ago and was extremely impressed by both the lack of pennies and the polymer notes. Keep up the good work, neighbors!

alexeisadeski3 13y ago
The polymer bills can melt in the dryer, or so I've been told. The hundreds smell like maple syrup - and that's not a joke.
- MartinCron 13y ago
  I heard the rumors about the $100 notes but I didn't 't get to try them out. Going into a bank and and changing bills just so I could sniff them would out me as the worst kind of American tourist. Everything else smelled like maple syrup, though. So it wasn't a total loss.
- sjtrny 13y ago
  Rubbish. They don't melt in a clothes dryer. They're designed to withstand temps of well over 100 degrees Celsius (Ps why do Americans not air dry their clothes?). I've never heard of anything going wrong with the notes here in Australia. You can also get them wet without any issue, a far more common occurrence. The Maple Syrup thing is a joke.
  - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
    It's not a joke. It's a controversy. Haven't met a single person yet who doesn't smell maple on a fresh stack of hundreds. Speaking of rubbish, you do know that cloth notes aren't damaged by water, right? The polymer bills are a cost saving measure, and they're inferior (in term of resilience) to their cloth counterparts.
    - sjtrny 13y ago
      Polymer bank notes last two and a half times longer than cotton based ones http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2013/04/publications/press-releases/bank-canada-unveils-new-5-and-10-polymer-bank-notes/ http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2013/04/publications/press-releas.... They may not be damaged by water but they do get wet which is a pain.