American Reacts to Canadian Money

[@Pulprat]

I remember being in a store in Washington state back in the 90s. When I paid in Canadian money and the clerk made a nasty comment about "our funny money." I replied that it made it easier to tell the bills apart. She snapped back that she never made a mistake with American money. She then gave me a US $10 bill instead of the $1 I was due. Being the kind gentle Canadian that I am, rather then embarrass her. I pocketed the change.

[@gamexsimmonds3581]

😄

[@el_chino778]

Haha the same thing happened to me in Washington State in the 2000s!

[@fedodosto3162]

That was very nice of you. You make us proud. I would have done the same.

[@CupContender]

Those American always make fun of us

[@MegaMech]

They accept Canadian money? How do you go about the exchange rate?

[@justinp4996]

The video made a slight error, that is actually a caribou on the quarter but at least 80% of people will say a moose. There is also a 50 cent coin in circulation but it is fairly rare to see. Canadian bills have always had amazing designs, lots of colour and every few years do a redesign with new security features.

[@zammmerjammer]

It doesn't even look like a moose. People are dumb.

[@kontiuka]

Yup. That was a fail.

[@deathpenguin005]

I can see people not knowing the word Caribou and calling it a Reindeer, but I've yet to encounter someone in person call it a moose. People that grew up in large cities I could see that though. Yes, I know Caribou and Reindeer are the same animal. I'm pointing out the word Caribou is not a well known outside of Canada.

[@Gantzz321]

as far I can tell she only made 1 error.... making the video, it was something any 5th grader could do a better job on given 2 hours notice

[@robertbreedon9137]

I remember as kid in the 70s my dad got 50 cent pieces when he played the Crown Anchor game at the CNE in Toronto.........

[@GordHolden]

The dime (10 cents) has the "Bluenose" on it, a Canadian sailing ship that dominated international sailing races for many years.

[@dagleykb]

Also, the Bluenose was made in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia (a famous boat building region of Atlantic Canada) that today houses the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, complete with a sailing replica (the Bluenose II) that travels around the world as a sailing ambassador of sorts, or stays at anchor along side the museum for tourists to visit and come aboard. The local elementary and middle school, "Bluenose Academy" has other artifacts and some of the original wooden sections from the famous vessel in their possession. Many local families can share plenty of "tall tales" about the days of "tall ships" including my own...

[@HororKodStudio]

Yeah I was sad she didn't mention it. The bluenose is such an amazing ship.

[@sopranophantomista]

The Bluenose also has a song dedicated to it by Stan Rogers, titled using the ship's name. It's a really beautiful song. Check it out if you haven't already.

[@marytrafford8214]

Hold it high

[@bitter-bit]

​@@sopranophantomistachasing every wave in the sea~♪

[@Snowflame512]

There used to be a $1000 dollar bill in Canada, but it was unfortunately discontinued due to counterfeiters. The bill’s colour was Pink.

[@joelmacdonald6994]

I was lucky enough to hold one. It was a wedding gift from the grandma-in-law. Too bad the value was worth more than holding onto it. We also had a $500 note that I saw a couple of times.

[@questiongovernment]

I held a $1000 bill once too! It was a gift to my mom for her birthday. Not from me though lol

[@GeweyKane]

The old 1000 dollar bill was the same as the hundred dollar bill when I saw one working at the post office foe career day in the late 90s early 2000s

[@NezuChan]

The last note I need to finish collecting the Birds of Canada series.

[@stewartmatheson4531]

there was actually a 10,000 bill as well

[@ravenstormchild6491]

Due to the polymer that our currency is made from, they actually wash well if you forget them in pocket and they go through the wash. Also during the pandemic, you could sanitize money that you received as change.

[@nadinehebert7709]

I think they are also harder to rip appart. Can't be sure, I never wanted to tested it. lol

[@alisonmiller6272]

@@nadinehebert7709 They're nearly impossible to rip. I've tried very hard and haven't been able to tear it at all

[@michelleberlanguet5149]

They are harder to rip but once there is a tiny the bill will split with almost no effort unlike paper/cloth bills which last longer with said rip.

[@slbunnies]

Yeh as a cashier I touch way too much Canadian money. Did you know that the color will dissolve within the bill after too much wear and/or moisture and it breaks into tiny little specks within the clear polymer of the bill. You can get them wet and they are still usually alright, but after a while not so much. Did you know that banks will just destroy old money and any disfigured money

[@xen0bia]

@@nadinehebert7709 Yeah, it's impossible to rip, unless you take a scissor to them. They are essentially made of plastic, which is what makes them water and rip resistant.

[@TheDylls]

Travelling down to America a few years ago, it was a friggin nightmare having all the bills in my wallet be the same colour 😂

[@delanoarts3703]

Agreed it was horrible

[@lolahernandez6871]

I KNOW!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 My parents had the same problem when we used to go down to Florida every year. Had to make sure you checked properly. 😂

[@MicaOShea-oe7ir]

Every time an American has complained to me about "funny money" or "Monopoly money" I have pointed out our designs greatly reduce the risk of counterfeiting and confusing one denomination for another--and destroying your bills in the washing machine or pool since we switched to polymer a few years ago. I wish she had at least identified the images, like the Bluenose for example.

[@TheDylls]

@@vancian Facts haha

[@blocky_969]

lol

[@shaunpcoleman]

The quarter is a Caribou and not a Moose. The antlers of a Moose are totally different. Also, the ship on the dime is the schooner Bluenose. The video also didn't mention that the monarch (currently Queen Elizabeth II) is on the other size of the coin. Also the 1 and 2 dollar coins are the only options as the 1 and 2 dollar banknotes were withdrawn from circulation. The commentator also did not seem that positive about the Vimy Ridge Memorial on the back of the 20 dollar banknote. The video being reviewed was really not that informative. Edit: As of 8 Sep 2022 the monarch is now King Charles III who will now appear on newly minted coins. The old coins will remain in circulation. Even now you still occasionally come across coins with King George VI on them.

[@redsash_tv1221]

Read comments to see if anyone else mentioned this. It is a caribou...not a moose.

[@bskec2177]

Also, the beaver's name was Bob.

[@STScott-qo4pw]

be fun to translate the latin on the fronts circling the Queen :del gratia Regina... "By God's grace, Queen... (of Canada)" I can see the yanks looking like deer caught in the headlights at that one. 😎🤣🤣

[@_josephbogdan_]

Agreed the commentator limited her explanation to basic intro to visitors to Canada.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

@@bskec2177 lol Bob

[@colourblindcrossstitch9415]

If Tyler ever ends up in Ottawa, I hope he visits the Bank of Canada currency museum. It seems like he'd find the many, many different bills on display delightful and fun.

[@JD.727]

Omg yes!!!! I haven't been there since I was a kid, on a school trip. I think it was like 2003. They had a special set of limited edition Shrek coins on sale since the 1st movie had just come out 😂

[@MrBeatboxmasta]

-The penny has the maple leaf, which is Canada's emblem. -The ship on the dime is called Bluenose. -The quarter is by far, the most interesting one because although it usually has a caribou (not moose) on it, the Canadian Mint constantly issues quarters that have commemorative events, animals, people on it and it's used as casually as a regular quarter. -The Toonie used to be a 2 dollar bill before turning it into a coin. It also sometimes has something different than a polar bear to pay homage to certain people.

[@aralornwolf3140]

Bluenose is a sloop, specifically designed for racing. She was famous for, almost never losing. When she finally retired, the crew decided to take her out to one last race... and she won.

[@ocarinamom2915]

The dollar was also in paper before

[@FairytalePalace]

I always thought that the loonie should have been hollow and the toonie fit inside to make a $3 spot. Just my creativity working.

[@everythingerina9379]

Do Canadians call it bills or notes?

[@aralornwolf3140]

@@everythingerina9379 , Bill... sorry.

[@VoIcanoman]

Another interesting fact is that the Royal Canadian Mint (in Winnipeg) has produced coinage for over 70 different nations around the world. They also produced the first _coloured_ coins in the world, back in 2004, with quarters that featured a red poppy, commemorating the Canadians who died serving their country.

[@laurafedora5385]

I am Canadian and I didn’t even know that!

[@VoIcanoman]

@@laurafedora5385 Yeah, there are actually a bunch of flags outside the mint in Winnipeg, each representing a country for whom the facility has made coins. From Chile to Iceland, Thailand to Ghana, and all sorts of other places in between. I guess for a lot of countries it's cheaper to outsource than to develop the technology yourself.

[@chasec9011]

Yeah was thinking if your going to mention different quarters the poppy coins would be the first to mention. Also some of those country’s the mint just sold blank coins where as they would finish stamping the design themselves after

[@robbalinski1606]

which are still easy to find in good condition, I've got 5 for some reason....

[@mikeconnolly7482]

You may also like to look up the battle of Dieppe which was a land invasion in ww2 that was before d-day. Intresting part of history that is talked about very little but was heavily involved with Canadians.

[@L1V2P9]

The "money award" mentioned at 10:04 is actually the Bank Note of the Year awarded by the International Banknote Society, a worldwide association of international paper money collectors and enthusiasts.

[@Einstein-420]

Thanks for clearing that up. That part had me laughing then wondering

[@LaurieLeeAnnie]

@@Einstein-420 we also often have contests for the artwork and the winner’s art is then printed on the bill or coin.

[@sierravan]

Canadian here. I love your curiosity and interest in Canada :)

[@ahrenkirby2273]

Honestly I'm just happy you're taking the time to learn more about Canada in general. As Canadians we tend to feel underappreciated, especially with our American neighbors. The best way to know about Canada, however, is traveling here. I'd highly recommend it.

[@pikathemimikyu6655]

Yeah. I remember being a kid and just being really hurt realizing average Americans knew next to nothing about us, while we take so much time to learn all if their history along with our own.

[@andrewjasienski7890]

Is this guy real or a joke? Hope he graduated from HS.

[@moholah3745]

The Religion before Allah is Islam (submission to His Will): Nor did the People of the Book dissent therefrom except through envy of each other, after knowledge had come to them. But if any deny the Signs of Allah, Allah is swift in calling to account. Quran 3:19

[@Lady_Jay42]

This is so true. As a Canadian who knows so much about American things, it's a shock to me to see people who don't realize that Canadian Dollars are coins, or even what our money looks like.

[@dangercat9188]

I'm American and i love Canada. I've been there several times. Montreal was my personal favorite. I'm planning on visiting again next year. I also like learning about Canada.

[@stevetournay6103]

Our new $10 note has civil rights activist Viola Desmond on it, and it is "sideways" (portrait format). Those strips are transparent. The bills are polymer plastic... The Royal Canadian Mint does a roaring trade in collector coins also, struck both for Canada and for other countries. RCM coinage is famously high quality.

[@PatrickDoylePlus]

Last time I was at the Royal Canadian Mint, they said they are the largest coin producer and produce close to 50% of the worlds coinage, with Australia being our next largest competitor. Not sure how much of that changed, that was probably 10 years ago now 😂

[@norton750commando]

@@PatrickDoylePlus HaHa, 'changed" . As a fellow Canuck, I love the variations of the coinage that we do to our metal bits of pocket currency. I'm always looking out for special coins that just randomly appear in your hand after a transaction.

[@davidsykes6584]

@@PatrickDoylePlus I remember when my family went there they also mentioned that they're the producer of the most pure gold in the world. This was a bunch of years ago as well, probably around 11-12. But basically they said the best the rest of the world could do (at the time) was 0.9999% pure and the RCM was 0.99999%. Not sure how that is today.

[@drvelocci]

It also has a map of Halifax Nova Scotia

[@sandrasennhauser1776]

@@drvelocci what has a map of Nova Scotia?

[@AngBoire]

We actually stopped printing $1 bills in 1989, when it was replaced with the "loonie" (and yes we all call it that) and we also used to have $2 bills, which were replaced with the "toonie" in 1996, which explains why we decided to all it that - we were kinda used to loonie by then and just figured, why not. And yeah, the Bank of Canada did ask Canadians what we should call it! AND one important thing she didn't mention and you didn't notice - there are NO $1 (or $2) bills anymore, so it's not like down there where the $1 coins exist but no one sees them. Loonies (or toonies) or nothing here! We gradually replaced the old paper money with the polymer bills between 2011-2013, bonus fact: since they're plastic, they can't rip! Well, you'd have to try REALLY hard.

[@Raiethstar]

I used to carry loonies in a drawstring bag and pretend they were gold pieces when I was a kid😅

[@Nevertoleave]

I have a bunch of one dollar bills and two dollar bills. One $2 is from 1989 with a pair of robins on one side and of course the queen. A bunch of ones from 73 showing I think the parliament building and a lake. And the $2 are reddish from 74 with what looks like a scene with Inuit folks on the water. I also have an old fiver cause I like the old kingfisher bill. I wish I had the ten with the poppy poem

[@Lolcatface]

Plastic bills can shatter if its cold enough aperently 😅

[@loraelbrideau8911]

Just to add to your bonus fact, they can't rip (Easily, AND you can wash them (go swimming with them, etc) And they won't break or get soggy like US Dollars do!

[@0Fyrebrand0]

I remember at a previous retail job, a customer wanted to pay with a $2 bill and the cashier got in an argument with them because they thought it wasn't real money! 😂

[@macpurdy]

One interesting fact about Canadian bills that wasn't mentioned is that shining a laser through the frosted part of the maple leaf reveals a pattern that indicates the bill's value. This serves as an added security feature.

[@mathieu2492]

i remember that 5 cad bill smelled like maple syryp which was cool not sure if it was added to the other bills tho

[@jeanrenaudsagswing]

Or looking to a discrete point of light through the maple leaf, you will see the value too. The point needs to be small but bright... like a laser ;) but DO NOT LOOK TO A LASER ;) A distant street lamp at night will do the trick.

[@Psilocybin77]

Some of the special art on Canadian coins is incredible. There was a small period where you might find a dollar coin (loonie) with a night sky with northern lights that appeared if you turned the coin a certain way. Also she neglected to show you that Queen Elizabeth's portrait is on the reverse side of Canadian coins.

[@starpetalarts6668]

Soon our coins will have King Chuck O' Canuck as I like to call him.

[@LadyVineXIII]

I loved the Poppy Loonies that came out a couple of years ago with the red poppies.

[@therisashow]

@@starpetalarts6668do you think they’ll put Chuckie on it instead of going straight to Willie? I think it’d be a waste of tax dollars to invest in changing our currency for a few years.

[@paulmyles5101]

Wish we just use Victoria's and Elizabeth the 2nd visage instead of putting Charles the 3rd on it. Victoria gave royal assent to the British North America act that started the process of creating Canada, and Elizabeth the 2nd signed off (patriation) on the current charter giving Canada it's highest law and part of the Canadian constitution.

[@peterhansen1670]

@@therisashow If you find a particularly old post box in the UK, you will see the symbol for King George (Elizabeth's dad) and even Queen Victoria. At Hampton Court you see the symbol HR (Henry Rex) as it was Henry VIII's palace. They don't pull down the old stuff, they just add the new as needed. It will be the same with our money. New stuff will have Charles' portrait, but the previous stuff won't be pulled and destroed prematurely until it reaches the natural end to it's life cycle.

[@JetZV]

A note about the $100 dollar bill: at 11:24, you can see a bunch of science-related imagery. The small vial at the bottom is meant to specifically represent insulin, which was invented by a Canadian scientist.

[@YesterdaysMoose]

When the $2 coin was being proposed, the Canadian government was collecting suggestions for a name. I thought that since we nicknamed the $1 coin the "loonie", we should call the $2 coin the "dubloonie", as in double loonie. That way we could all be pirates and talk about our dubloons.

[@bitter-bit]

I prefer it being called the Twoonie

[@Eiji475]

Honestly both are great names but I guess Twoonie won out in the end.

[@McHaro0079]

Some people also suggested Bear Buck at that time.

[@richardzagozeski892]

One year, the $ 50.00 bill had a picture of the RCMP mounted on horses in a circle (the Mounted Ride)

[@threenorns3]

That wasn't one year - that's what used to be the standard.

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

I know the Mint released a special quarter in 1973 for the 100 birthday and the 50 had the RCMP musical ride on the back of it that design of the 50 was in circulation from 1969 till 1975 I think

[@jeffgogol5501]

It was actually called the Musical Ride

[@seantodd8875]

Tyler, I really admire your openness to learn about more of the world without judging or really comparing to the American culture. It's great to see someone react to new things about this amazing world with genuine appreciation, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn. Kudos. You have a new subsriber.

[@brentfellers9632]

Tyler knows more about Canada than most Canadians 😮

[@eternalsunshineofthespotlessme]

We have had colorful money as long as I can remember (born in 1994), but the difference was they used to be paper bills and then a few years back is when they converted them to polymer bills with more of a sleek design. The nice thing about this is they can be washed very easily without damaging the bills! And if you forgot to empty your pockets before doing laundry you're not going to lose money.

[@helmetcamhockeyref]

Washing money before polymer bills didn’t ruin it. The ink was waterproof, and well as the substrate it was printed on. It contained trace amounts of cotton, for this very reason. I was born more than 20 years before you, and washed ‘paper’ money many times without ruining it…

[@LordOfElysium]

Haha I’m a teen in Canada and the thought of paper bills is wild to me, it sounds so dumb because plastic is waterproof and this is Canada after all, We either have snow, slush or water.

[@enzopalumbo2164]

@@LordOfElysium The paper money was also waterproof and we didn't have the technology to make polymer money.

[@mr_mentor311]

Incase you didnt know and were still interested in Canadian currency, the bills got a redesign every ~20 years with completely new art works that were themed. 1930's was british royalty, 50's was Canadian Landscapes, 70's Scenes of Canada, 80's birds of Canada etc. pretty cool to have Canadian art shown off

[@stevehatcher7700]

Birds of Canada was some of the best cash money ever

[@Quickpatch12]

The British Royals also had the first image of Queen Elizabeth on it, back when she was just a kid

[@nadinehebert7709]

I guess nice fact to add also that each time they redesigned the money, they also upgraded the image of the Queen as she got older. Gives you an idea of how old is your coin depending on how old is the Queen on the other side, before you actually look at the date on it

[@C_ingStarz]

A couple things I thought I'd mention: The person usually shown on the 10 dollar bill is Viola Desmond. Who was a Canadian civil and women's rights activist and businesswoman of Black Nova Scotian descent. There's a bunch more to her, but the most basic I can put it is that she fought against segregation when she refused to leave a "whites only" area in a theater, was arrested for it, and was put on the dollar bill in 2018, representing Courage and Dignity. The 25 cent coin has a caribou, not a moose. Though it is a common mistake to make, even here where the coin is used. All of our coins have faces on them! I'm pretty sure they are all of the queen, so that is probably why they weren't shown. Though 25 cent coins are the most common to have changes for events, some other coins do too! They are really fun to collect, and like she mentioned, aren't too hard to find if you always check your change. Apparently they can make their way over to America, too! Like how some of your coins get over here. (Like shown, sometimes we change up the bills, too! Though it is a big more rare to see.) The beaver is shown on the coin not just because of the theme of animals on the rest of the coins, but also because the fairly big role it played in the fur trade. (Edit: Re-worded some things to make a bit more sense.)

[@Alex-18-u8andleftnocrumbs]

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[@eraber6738]

Interesting fact: when I worked in a financial institution, we would sometimes get very "new" bills for our Treasury. Some 100 dollar bills were actually infused with the smell of maple syrup. I'm totally serious. I smelled them myself. So Canadian!

[@Filcayra72]

We don’t do freshly minted. It’s Freshly Mapled 🍁

[@freyjathehealer5559]

They smell so good. I’m always happy to see a new 100 because they smell so good

[@roberthobbs6318]

Haha, in my the 38 years of Canadianism I have never even heard of this.

[@colton5604]

I have seen or actually smelled 10s like that!

[@origindo1123]

wait this is a thing? i never knew that.

[@Mackinstyle]

"Don't make the design so precious" is such an incredibly apt and important point. I _love_ how many things Canada is willing to update and evolve and walk away from as our culture, society, technology, etc. all evolve.

[@avroarchitect1793]

That makes us shallow. Because if we throw away our past and symbols of the past we are just a fad not a nation.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

10:23 Canadian money itself was not given an award. It was the artistry that was given the award for this particular tender.

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@curranberland gee what would a Canadian know about Canadian money. Although I don't have to be one to be cogent

[@Some.random.person._.]

More things about Canadian money: -The bills are waterproof -If you scratch the maple leaf on the bills they smell like maple syrup -The coins have people's faces on the back too -It's hard to rip the bills -The animal on the quarter is actually a caribou, not a moose -The ship on the dime is called the Bluenose

[@micraman42]

This was a refreshing opinion on our Canadian money. I have always lived very near the border and am very familiar with both Canadian and American currency. I also have American relatives that have turned up their noses at the brightly colored Canadian bills; calling it ‘funny money’. To be honest, I’ve caught myself attempting to and successfully handing out incorrect denominations of American currency, as at a glance, it’s all green and looks very similar. That would be a very difficult mistake to make with Canadian bills.

[@CEOofTired]

I just think they dislike the fact that our money is rainbow colored. I've had some American's claim that Canada is "evil" because we have rainbow money xD. No joke lol. I was more impressed they got mad at the colors, and not how bad our econemy is in terms of inflation prices xD;

[@clayscott777]

What she didn't mention is that the money is water proof and extremely difficult to rip or tear. You can leave it in your pocket when you do the wash and it comes out dry and clean. I also believe that it is more resistant to burning than paper bills.

[@TayHowy]

Just dont put it through the dryer or they melt lmao. People are failing to mention that part 🤣

[@abeckorilla]

Oh that's never happened to me before 😅​ might just be your dryer@@TayHowy

[@BBKing1977]

Speaking of paying by card here in Canada, it’s interesting that Canada is far ahead of the US when it comes to card payment processing. We’ve had Swipe or Chip & PIN for a couple decades, and tap payment has been very common for almost 15 years. I’m also surprised she didn’t show the back of the coins. They just have the Queen on them all (though I suppose that will “change” in the coming months and years). It might be interesting to some who aren’t aware that our quarters, nickels, and dimes (and pennies back when we still used them) are the same size and weight, virtually interchangeable, as American coins. Also, the reason our $1 and $2 coins have become so common is that we discontinued the $1 and $2 bills.

[@stonefacedmedusa5542]

I’m surprised that the US doesn’t use Tap... or they’ve just started using Tap. I went to Boston recently and I had to insert my card, which I’ve rarely done in Canada.

[@BBKing1977]

@@stonefacedmedusa5542 right? It’s interesting how the US is still very cash-focused, and seems to drag its heels when it comes to financial transaction processing. Yet, they’ve got the apps for sending money between friends, just not the point of sale stuff. Strange.

[@Bims9040]

Don't forget Interac e-transfer and visa debit cards. I tried to send my American friend money for something she ordered for me last year and it was the most difficult process ever to find a way that would work.

[@BBKing1977]

@@Bims9040 Yeah, it's really easy to send money straight into someone's bank account using e-transfer!

[@daveerwin115]

Actually there is a small difference in size between the American and Canadian Quarter. the US Quarter is slightly thinner than the Canadian version and if you don't believe me try using an American Quarter in a Canadian vending machine. The machine will either jam or spit the foreign coin back out. II is the same with putting a Canadian Quarter in a US vending machine the offending coins get spit out. Here along the Border most vending machines will have a hand written note taped beside the coin slot advising Canadian coins only or American coins only as a reminder for those of us who carry both types of coinage. I save all my US pennies that I get in US change then roll them for exchange in a US bank since no pennies are accepted as tender here in Canada.

[@KarstenJohansson]

One more thing: On all the bills with the maple leaf with the circular "object" on them, that also is a special anti-counterfeit piece: If you look through it toward a bright light, or shine a laser through it, you will see the money denomination. That's one that most people don't realize because it otherwise just looks like a whitish disk. There are other features on it as well, including a pattern that sort of looks like random yellowish dots that are hard to see. They form the southern cross, randomly laid out in different directions, and your computer's scanner will refuse to scan them. There is a lot packed into these bills.

[@turtlebeef]

getting rid of the penny was one of the best things Canada did. I was visiting the States a few months back and remembered how ridiculous it was having pockets full of useless heavy change every time i went shopping with cash, I also hated having stacks of 1$ bills.

[@Taeolas]

You don't realize how useful having a 2$ bill or coin is, until you're somewhere where they don't use the 2$ that often. The piles of 1$ bills get unweildly as you noted.

[@Prophètedebonsens]

Facts Pennies are useless

[@joshuarenaud9928]

The way that the rounding system work is, that it doesn't always get rounded up. If something costs $5.57 then it gets rounded down to $5.55 but if it costs $5.58, then it gets rounded up to $5.60.

[@JayneSmyth-od3wi]

That's how rounding works.

[@pixelg5173]

Something that she forget to mention in her video is that the coins DO have faces on the back. Also, referring to the coins with different designs as “special coins” is very wide known and accepted as a term. Also, also, there are special toonies, too, with a (hockey) goalie instead of the polar bear.

[@anubion42]

they do but its all the queen afaik. Ive also seen dimes with the water coloured blue so thats another coin thats got versions too.

[@JohnDoe-wt2zz]

Not too long ago i think it was last year, they had a toonie become widely spread for a few days and then it faded back into obscurity for some reason, it was a regular toonie but the outside ring was black instead of silver-ishe. it looked so badass.

[@anubion42]

@@JohnDoe-wt2zz that was for the queens passing. I jokingly call it the dead queen toonie.

[@JohnDoe-wt2zz]

@@anubion42 worth it for the toonie

[@KarstenJohansson]

Also every year we release coins, usually quarters, with not only new designs on them commemorating something, they will often have duplicate *coloured* versions! I collect the coloured ones. The first time we did that, there was an altercation at the US border, where a border guard thought one of our coins had a spy device built into them! That's because the loonies and toonies have a circular striped impression on them that make a maple leaf hologram. But the one that confused the border guard was commemorating Remembrance Day poppies, and had a completely new way of embedding colour onto a coin. We also did this with pink ribbon (breast cancer) design. One of our quarters even has glow in the dark Northern Lights! We are always coming up with new money ideas!

[@chaseohara4781]

Some of our special coins actually have coloured accent (usually red on the quarter) and it's gorgeous! They really stand out.

[@LiamTheOverlord]

We used to have a penny with a maple leaf on it. The coin was made of copper. They discontinued it on February 4, 2013. Edit: the ship is called a schooner, and they have a cool history of transporting goods. Also, the ten dollar bill now has Viola Desmond (who is similar to Rosa Parks in Canada, she is famous for not giving up her front row seat to a movie, which she paid for, to white people who wanted the same seat in 1946) She has been put on the 10 dollar bill the opposite way (that is what the video was talking about at 10:03). I don't specifically know why they chose this design over the more classic one, but I like to think that they chose this design to make her feel like she is standing up. So on the bill, she is standing up for her rights.

[@robertfriesen7958]

Yes it is a schooner, but this is a specific famous boat, the Blue Nose. It was the fastest boat in the world.

[@the_twelfth_shadow]

The ten dollar bill also used to have Sir John A. MacDonald on it as well as the Canadian (a train that ran on a track from coast to coast called The Great Canadian Railroad) on the back.

[@pedanpontif]

American here. I always thought it would be a good idea to make a two dollar coin featuring Rosa Parks on the front and a bus on the back. We could call them Rosas and bring back the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin and just call them Suzies. It would be really easy. We do have two dollar bills but they are rare.

[@judithmacintosh4512]

International Banknote Society Award in 2019. $10.00 bill features Viola Desmond (Canadian version of Rosa Parks) :) happy you are learning so much about Canada 🇨🇦

[@greatwhitenorth6464]

The ship on the Dime is called the Bluenose. It was a fishing/racing vessel in the 1920’s & 1930’s and was the fastest schooner at the time.

[@pamdawkins13]

My favourite thing about our currency (Canadian here) is that you can usually tell at at glance, or even by touch in the case of the coins, how much each one is worth. When I see blue, I know without looking at the number that it's five dollars. If I feel a distinct circular ridge close to the middle of a large coin, I know it's two dollars.

[@austinblackburn8095]

Well maybe that's how it is with every country and their money. I don't need colored coded money to tell the difference between a 5 dollar bill and a 20 dollar bill I can tell in milliseconds what it is. Maybe if I need to guess from a 100 feet away or 30.48 meters(non freedom units) it would be useful, but that doesn't really seem to happen for some odd reason.

[@austink-v8261]

@@austinblackburn8095 it’s not true for american money though. If someone holds up a handful of bills, how would you know if they were 1s, 5s and/or 20s unless you got really close? I hate that

[@austinblackburn8095]

@@austink-v8261 Maybe you have bad eyesight or it's just my autism, but at any reasonable distance I would need to work with American money I can instantly tell what it is. If you know what you're looking for the bills are pretty distinct. I'd personally be able to spot the different bills at probably around 30ft why you would need to handle money at even that distance is beyond me. I guess if it was a big wad of money you could tell if it was all one currency, but I fail to see how that would be that useful unless you have the ability to measure mm with your eyes to be able to count it just by looking.

[@austink-v8261]

@@austinblackburn8095 I guess I’m talking about for the average non-american who’s trying to learn and distinguish american bills, because when you don’t see it up close often, it’s difficult. And no it’s not that big of deal it’s just annoying. Like when people flex a bunch of cash in videos or music videos it’s like bro idk if you’re holding a bunch of 20s or a bunch of 1s so that means nothing to me lol

[@julianweir3030]

@@austinblackburn8095 It's most useful in bars, clubs, and other dim lit venues where someone might hand you a bill or place one down on the counter while you're somewhat distracted or in quite a rush. There's no need to check the face of the president or look for the denomination because it's readily apparent from the colour what you're being handed. It also helps when handed a stack of bills, where it's obvious if they are mixed denominations; as it's super easy to fan or flip through them using the colours as a guide for rapid counts. As someone that's lived in both Canada and the States I can honestly say I've never been handed the wrong bill up north yet had it happen periodically down south. It's not a _huge_ thing, but often times quality of life is about the small things.

[@christophersmithson1007]

The nickel has a beaver representing the fur trade that was the driving force of settling Canada. The quarter has a Caribou on the back representing the North. The 50 cent piece has the coat of arms of Canada The 1-dollar coin has the Loon famous through out Canada for it’s haunting call on lakes it is called affectionally a loony. The 2-dollar coin has an adult polar bear representative of our polar region and is called a toonie.

[@TheSophiaQuestor]

the ship on the dime is the bluenose

[@lc5406]

@@TheSophiaQuestor Yes. I was surprised that was not explained.

[@ghorloch2014]

Moose ... LOL!

[@chrisharvey1091]

​@@TheSophiaQuestor so many people in Canada have forgotten about the Bluenose and it's historical importance to naval sailing vessels. Shame she was lost but the Bluenose II is pretty much an exact replica with minor improvements, and she still sails to this day

[@vulcanvoodoo1027]

The significance of the bluenose is that it was a fishing schooner which won a bunch of races against american schooners.

[@neojc128]

canadian born here, and I went to Boston for my studies. A couple of times, I accidentally tipped 10s and 5s by mistake instead of 1s for a 3 dollar ice cream cone, because I paid for it with a 20 and since all the bills I got back were green, I intuitively thought they all were worth the same. This is when it hit that I really rely on the colour of canadian money more than what's actually written on it

[@Luminary600]

If you look really closely, the lines and dots on the bills are actually words and numbers. Special coins available at the Canada Post shops, they have pictures on them and sometimes lenticular images. (tilt right/summer, tilt left/winter) or even glow in the dark details.

[@drewc981]

You should really watch and react to what's called Canadian Heritage minutes; They're a series of one minute videos detailing various important people and events in Canadian history.

[@BliffleSplick]

Oh yes! And some of the PSAs aimed at kids ("Don't you put it in your mouth!" / House hippo)

[@sirjohneh]

and what's so cool about these is that they've become they're own kind of cultural genre of , so people will make up their own Heritage Minutes that are sometimes serious, but also just hilarious spoofs

[@DEADBRO_]

@@BliffleSplick Oh god I remember the PSA "Don't you put it in your mouth" PSA gave me nightmares when I a kid absolutely hated those puppets, House hippo on the other hand was cute and wholesome.

[@zacharystorm]

This is a great idea! Thanks to this American for becoming our friend ☺️♥️

[@etemenanki2190]

@@sirjohneh I smell burnt toast...

[@licksnkicks1166]

I love our money! 👍 it’s beyond beautiful. I never have seen any currency that looks better. The graphics, the artwork, the colours are AMAZING! I love this channel Tyler! ❤Excellent!

[@BonelessBananaShack]

I had on a genuine smile while watching this video. I always thought our money was very cool and to hear the same thought coming from an American brings me happiness. Thank you for your content; it was an instant subscribe for me and I have a feeling it's the same for many other Canadians who are watching you. :)

[@nataliemcgrath1105]

It's a Caribou on the quarter, there used to be an old song about it way back in the 80's. Also the bills have different flowing features when placed under blacklight. She failed to show the back of the coin, it has a picture of the Queen. There was a big to-do about it in the 90's (I want to say 1992) where they minted it with the Queen wearing the King's crown

[@handyandy6437]

Hey! Don't forget that some restaurants in Toronto, Ontario offer 10% off your meal if you pay cash. This is especially true in Chinatown @ some of the Hot Pot restaurants. (Hot pot is fun!)

[@sarafroats2935]

I'm from Toronto, Ontario and I didn't know about this

[@davidcheater4239]

The currency we've gotten rid of since 1985*: the penny, the one dollar bill and the two dollar bill. When I was a kid (60s and 70s) there were also silver dollars and fifty cent pieces which could be used in stores but were more collector items. What they didn't show you in the video was that the back of the coins have a portrait of the Queen. Through the years, they've changed which image of the queen was used. (Much older money had previous monarchs on them.) * I had forgotten how long ago some of these changes were. Boomer Problems.

[@jawbone78]

They still make 50 cent coins, but they are not released into general circulation. They must be ordered directly from the mint I think, but they are still a legal denomination and can be used like any currency. It's exceedingly rare to see one unless you specifically look for it, but if you do look for it, it's easy to get (though still only worth 50 cents). The old dollar coin was discontinued when the loonie was introduced, so essentially the loonie replaced both the old dollar bills and the old dollar coins. I did see them occasionally when I was a kid in the 80s, but that may only have been because my dad collected coins. I don't know how widely they were circulated at that point.

[@davidcheater4239]

@@jawbone78 My dad also collected coins. He had a complete set of Newfoundland coins. I remember 50 cent pieces and silver dollars as being special. I remember Dairy Queen having promotions where they would give silver dollars in change. Youn could spend them but most of us didn't.

[@thelostviking9998]

Dude come on now. The 1 dollar bill was discontinued in 1989 and the 2 dollar bill in 1996.

[@davidcheater4239]

@@thelostviking9998 I'll change to incorporate that. Boy, time flies when you're getting old! It was really THAT long ago?!

[@thelostviking9998]

@@davidcheater4239 tell me about it. I still remember when GST came too. I was a kid and I remember how annoying it was having to add tax to stuff for the first time in Alberta lol

[@ManicPandaz]

The really ironic thing is when the new bills came out in Canada (freshly printed) they smelled like maple syrup. The government said it wasn’t intentional but everyone thought it was kinda weird… a bit too on the nose lol

[@Chrysallys]

I was looking in the comments for this fact.

[@mynameiskaren1681]

Was just gonna say that too, if i get a new hundred it still smells like maple though

[@stormyaudio9969]

This is also just a canadian myth, I'm also a canadian 😉

[@ManicPandaz]

@@stormyaudio9969 No, it was a real thing. When the new plastic Canadian bills came out they smelled like maple syrup. I’m a Canadian too btw.

[@stormyaudio9969]

@@ManicPandaz mate no they didn't, the plastic 20s came out in 2012 and they did not smell like maple. It's a myth fed fever dream.

[@MadameGadget]

As a canadian, when i look at my money in my wallet to pay i never look for numbers on it but for colors. 35$ = green + purple + bleu 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@shanemay3797]

Come to Australia for a lobster $20 AUD & the invention of polymer banknotes.

[@lunagraves1234]

I do that too lol

[@MadameGadget]

@@lunagraves1234 he make me realize that we donc look at numbers, i never tough about it before 🤣🤣

[@lunagraves1234]

@@MadameGadget you and I definitely aren't the only ones who do that lol

[@lesliengo8347]

Our bills are water resistant, tear resistant, and dirt resistant. They also last 2.5 times longer than cotton-paper based counterparts, saving costs on production and reducing environment impact. There is a children's song called "Canada in my pocket" where it teaches kids the meaning of our coins. So we learned about our currency at a young age.

[@mrdanforth3744]

The ship on the dime is the Bluenose, a famous sailing ship from Nova Scotia. Built in 1921.

[@terrancebrown87]

Fastest schooner for its time!

[@davidlpf2007]

@@terrancebrown87 They even have a song about here kzbin.info/www/bejne/rKCUeqmMa9Z0jbs

[@bruce8321]

That ship (a schooner) never lost a race against the U.S. or anybody.

[@chrisgraham2904]

Also note, that the Bluenose II was built in 1965 and remains on display today and sails to special events.

[@grahvis]

@@chrisgraham2904 . The first wooden ship model I ever made was of Bluenose II.

[@johnt8636]

UGH! It's not a moose on the quarter, it's a caribou.

[@johnt8636]

@@simonrobbins8357 But not, a moose.

[@hannabis80]

@@simonrobbins8357 No they're caribou, there more of a difference between the two other than just the name. They may be the same species but they're totally different animals.

[@50Street21]

Sad when a Canadian presenter can't even get the animal right on one of our coins. I thought the same things. . . UGH! That coin has been around with a caribou since 1937.

[@johnt8636]

@@50Street21 IKR

[@robertpearson8798]

The dollar coin as well as the two dollar are extremely common since both bills were discontinued. Honestly, as strong as the American Dollar is, for practicality I prefer Canadian currency.

[@mariahmakinen6887]

I love the fact that our money has various colours on it as it makes it easier to know without really looking as to which denomination you have in hand. It's always been those colours by the way. The hologram leaf on each one, if you shine a light through it shows exactly which denomination it's supposed to be as well.

[@DeeDee-ff3mb]

I used to work at a bank branch, it was end of day and I was in the back verifying and banding the cash deposits we received throughout the day. I was using a counting machine of course but I put in a stack of 20’s that was too big and the machine malfunctioned and sent the bills flying. I remember reacting, cuz all these 20’s were now all over the place and a coworker must have heard my reaction cuz she came over to the window to see if all was good. By the time she walked over I was already grinning like a kid in a candy store. It was like somebody rained 20’s all over me. You get pretty used to working with large amounts of cash, your mind somewhat becomes detached from it’s value. But in that moment, to have all that money just flying and landing on my lap and shoulders and every where around me, I enjoyed it. And my coworker got a good chuckle after realizing what happened. Good times.

[@skepticofdoom7486]

Just imagine going drinking and staring at your wallet. You can always see the colours and get a better chance of using the right bill for food. Way easier than if they were all the same colour. It has helped me greatly.

[@sxmplyblossom8048]

Thank you tyler for being so interested in our culture!! It means a lot :) Have a great day

[@lillianblair6071]

Good morning Tyler. I am Canadian and love getting the American quarters that had the state and a picture depicting something about that state from the Bicentennial coins that were minted. We also had on our quarters $0.25 pieces we had provincial drawings representing different arts/buildings on them. For Saskatchewan we had a wheat sheaf, a grain elevator with a bird. American dollars you had to be very careful you were not giving out the wrong denomination. Thanks for sharing how you felt about the currency of Canada.

[@sksunshine4860]

The penny used to have maple leaves, the nickel has a beaver, the dime has the Bluenose II schooner and the quarter has a caribou/elk (not a moose!!! Good call there!) The loonies has a loon and the twoonie has two bears.

[@deathpenguin005]

Ill just point out Caribou and Elk are two different species. Though the term is is likely familiar with as an American is Reindeer.

[@jasonarthurs3885]

@@deathpenguin005 It's a caribou.

[@deathpenguin005]

@@jasonarthurs3885 Yeah I know.

[@jasonarthurs3885]

@@deathpenguin005 Your reply didn't indicate which animal you were referring to.

[@deathpenguin005]

@@jasonarthurs3885 My post was more pointing out to the OP that a Caribou and an Elk are not the same thing. But a Caribou and a Reindeer are. I would say most Americans would not know the word Caribou. Anyway all is well.

[@mitchellfreer6506]

The 10 dollar bill she had in the video was a special bill made for the 150th Canada Day. The older bills have Sir John A. MacDonald, the first prime minister of Canada, on them. And the newer bills she lightly mentioned have Viola Desmond, a civil rights activist, on them. I see all sorts of special bills and coins as a cashier and it’s always fun giving someone a special piece of currency and showing them how it’s special

[@falsfire]

Also important to note, not sure you caught this but you did mention about Canadians "probably preferring the dollar bill" over the $1 and $2 coins. We don't have a $1 or $2 bill anymore. Just coins. And there's been a lot of talk of making a $5 coin and discontinuing the $5 bill as well. The problem is, you can easily end up with $100+ in change due to the loonie and toonie when you're receiving change, so losing coins into your couch or car can be more costly!

[@celticlass8573]

It's a great way to save, though LOL.

[@warning_23isher41]

the ship is called the bluenose not spelled correctly but you should look it up it’s a very significant boat

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

Just started your channel to learn about Canada? How sweet. I can’t wait for you to tackle Quebec and the French language in Canada

[@dwaynegamble244]

Yeah in the movies it always seems like our entire country speaks French But it's only one province out of 10 including our 2 territory's Most of the country besides Quebec speaks very little French

[@mattybrunolucaszeneresalas9072]

@@dwaynegamble244 uhh no. You for got New Brunswick. I won’t fall two for not counting the Francophone communities in every province and territory. But we have 3 territories not 2

[@davidcampbell1899]

That will be good for a laugh!

[@darkcase123]

Aussie here, I found this interesting, Canadian money appears to between Australian and American currency. It's a beautiful currency but oddly familiar. Here in Australia our coins aren't called Nickel, dime, quarter etc, but just by their cent or dollar value. We have what we call the "silver" coins which are 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents, the 1 and 2 cent were phases out in the later 70s I think, so when paying cash it's always rounded to the nearest 5 cent, but I think they have stopped minting the 5 cent and are just letting it slowly fade out of use. We then have the "gold" coins which are 1 & 2 dollars, charities will often ask for a "gold coin donation" When it comes to our notes Australia was the first nation to creat polymer notes, plastic colourful money, they are different colours and lengths to aide visually impaired, they have a clear window through the middle and lot of cool anti-counterfeit measured. The newest notes now include raised bumps to further help visually impaired. Most of our coins have animals on them except for the $2 which features a first nations person, and special coins are frequently minted, and on the back side is the Monarch of Australia, formerly Queen but now transitioning to King Charles III of Australia. Our Notes all feature amazing Australians, from authors to doctors, there's a lot of discussion right now on replacing the Queen on our $5 notes. Our notes also come in 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100, with the 5 being shortest and the 100 being longest. We use the same colours but for different values, purple for 5, blue for 10, orange for 20, yellow for 50, and then green for 100. Funnily enough everywhere will accept 100 notes but they're rare because ATMs normally spit out 50s as the highest value, the only time you receive $100 notes is of you get money out from a cashier at the bank.

[@garnerhaze7764]

Love the channel - as a proud Canadian, what's not to love :D. Thank you for clarifying - in your recent Sept. 8th video - the fact that it is, in fact, a Caribou on the Canadian quarter, NOT a Moose (sorry Bullwinkle). The video on Canadian Money that you sourced did have some interesting information, but she blew that one. Also, she glossed over what was potentially a very interesting story re the Sailing Ship on the dime: the "Bluenose" was a fishing Schooner that was famous for being virtually undefeated for a decade in international races. Then, in the 1930's, when the fishing industry switched to motorized vessels, the Bluenose found its new purpose smuggling booze from Canada to the U.S. during prohibition (you're welcome :). Rum Running Hosers: that's so Canadian, eh? Cheers!!!

[@tuckereatsrocks3737]

I remember when I was younger I found out that some of the bills if you scratch the maple leaf smells like syrup, haven’t tested it since I was like 12 it would probably be easier to smell on newer bills

[@endlessorbaggins8223]

I think it was Australia that first came up with polymer bills. Would be interesting to see you react to Australian bills. I never looked up.

[@50Street21]

I'm most certainly it was. Thanks for paving the way for our bills here in Canada.

[@ballantynemoyes8019]

You're correct. It was an Australian invention, since licensed to many other nations. They were developed by the Reserve Bank of Australia, the University of Melbourne and the CSIRO (the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) and first issued in 1988. New Zealand followed in 1999 and then Romania in 2003. Canada introduced them in 2013. Te narrator of the video is a bit misleading as the Queen is on the banknote not because Canada is a Commonwealth country (which, of course, it is) but because she is Queen of Canada. I'm surprised she didn't show the Queen on the obverse of the coin. Our Australian notes are worth a video reaction as they are rich in our history, flora and fauna. We have the Queen, as Queen of Australia on the front of our $5 note. She is also on the obverse of all our coins.

[@erose1710]

Note Printing Australia (NPA) which is based in the state of Victoria also produces the notes for other countries. In the past 30 years they've produced regular and commemorative notes for about 23 countries.

[@newbris]

@@ballantynemoyes8019 Yes, a "Commonwealth Realm" country is the term she wanted.

[@gwine9087]

First ones that I saw were from Oz.

[@stevietalk1]

Yeah, she didn’t say that when the $1 & $2 coins came out, they stopped making the bills .. yes you can still occasionally see one in circulation but - we had no choice but to adopt the coins. Only way to do it successfully. Guys didn’t like it when cash was more common b/c it was heavier in their pocket but it was/is less expensive & the coins last forever as opposed to the bills (which ARE longer lasting with the new material)

[@andreraymond6860]

I used to hate that pocketful of change when pleated pants were the fashion. You would sit down and get paranoid that those coins that just slipped out and fell to the ground were a couple of two dollar coins.

[@laurfincher8137]

FYI: America did put out special quarters too from 1999 through 2008. I have some of them in my collection. Each state got a special quarter made. I was surprised to see a diamond featured on the Arkansas quarter. Canada put out province quarters too. Special quarters are happening more often over the past 20 years in Canada. You should also see the New Zealand coins, very beautiful artwork.

[@ioncladstudio2688]

If I'm not mistaken, once the Royal Canadian Mint became a self serving corporation.. these collectables became FAR more common.. since they are sold to collectors in packages.. basically the same paradigm as the Canadian post office.. which also got privatized and went whole hog into the 'collectors products' and other methods of monetization. A strictly government funded agency has less motivation and certainly no impedes to be putting out dozens of collector coins a year.

[@betif00]

There is also no mention of a cool little trick with that money. You can shine a laser pointer at a specific spot(transparent maple leaf) and it will project an image on a surface. It was designed to do that. Some version also had glow in the dark under UV light features.

[@Jessiecins]

Again thank you so much for learning about Canada. Its an honor from a Canadian. Our money is pretty cool. The old bills had iconic scenery on them as well. My cousin is a teacher and used to drive Greyhound bus. When we had relatives here from Italy, we went on an "Old money tour" and visited 4 of the iconic places on some of the old bills in Alberta and British Columbia. Worth taking a look. Very cool thing to do. If you ever make it up to Canada, I can always email you in the info for the tour :)

[@animeangel1983]

The bills used to have birds on them, we had a $2 bill that had a robin on it, the five had a blue jay, can't remember the name of the ten dollar bird, but the 20's always had Queen Elizabeth 2 on them.

[@katfinn9352]

Hi Tyler, the different colours help in differentiating the bills, easier at a glance to read and sort into a cash drawer. The bills are plastic and have all kinds of features that make them hard to counterfeit and also likely the plastic helps protect the money for a longer period of time compared with paper. The only downside to the plastic money is that it tends to hold fold creases.

[@STScott-qo4pw]

sarnia, ontario at the duty free shop. A buncha chinese tourists found themselves under arrest for passing counterfeit Canadian $10 banknotes. no one said exactly what the chinese counterfeits got wrong but the cashiers spotted it.

[@chrisgraham2904]

@@STScott-qo4pw The new polymer Canadian bills are considerably harder to counterfeit, but as always, criminals aren't stupid either, so there are counterfeits in the system.

[@bunzeebear2973]

Funny. I can't get the plastic money to hold onto any crease. Also we used to fold the cloth/paper money around a quarter so it was locked together. Paper folding taken to a new level during English class. So, money uses a special paper.

[@j.p.brichta5344]

@@STScott-qo4pw There are lots of security features, but the easiest one to use is to view the bill under ultraviolet light. Parts of the bill will fluoresce.

[@ronsmith8038]

One nice thing about the polymer bills is they easily survive a trip through the wash!

[@ladom6315]

I love the appreciation for Canadian money. I’ve always wondered why American bills were so boring… I’m grateful we have money that catches the eye and highlight Canadian nationality!

[@KarstenJohansson]

It's funny - I have a few examples of movie money from different eras of movie making. They're all American of course, and they all look so dull and drab compared to what I'm used to with money. New US $100 bills have colour but still manage to look lifeless. American movie money is easy to make because they are modeled after such a boring muse!

[@serenedaoud]

Also, if you shine a laser through the little transparent maple leaf on the bills, it projects the value of the bills on to the nearest surface. Incidentally, some new special coins have colored varnish on some design elements, just so they look cooler.

[@nyxhemera6681]

I’m really enjoying these videos as a Canadian. It makes me smile seeing an American learn about Canada and appreciating what we have to offer. Also you mentioned having ppl on coins… Queen Elizabeth II is on the other side of them she just didn’t turn them over.

[@crush42mash6]

Just newly watching your channel, as a Canadian I love to hear your input. I remember going to march break and we were playing quarters a drinking game, with Americans and they kept asking us why is the queen on our coin? Always fun to explain that for the first two minutes

[@edwardmeade]

So back in 1963 on a trip to the Canadian Maritimes, I met the captain of the ship on the dime: Captain Angus Walters of the fishing/racing schooner Bluenose. He was an amazing guy. Also got the chance to see the Bluenose II under construction.

[@daveg7172]

10 cent dime has a boat called the Bluenose, the quarter has the Cariboo (NOT the moose) The toonie has a polar bear on it. The one dollar bill and two dollar bill don't print and more. You can end up with a 50 cent piece, but it is rarely used.

[@dogbirdgun]

The Queen’s profile is on the back of every coin. The image has changed over the 70 odd years she has been on the throne. From a fresh faced young woman to an elderly great grandmother. Even her wrinkles can be seen on today’s coins.

[@juliansmith4295]

No she isn't, she's on the front.

[@haweater1555]

She's on the "obverse" or head side. The other tail side is the "reverse" . There have only been four different profiles of the Queen, with Canada using the British coin design until we adopted unique ones in the 90s. Our most recent one does not have a crown.

[@RandomStranger246]

This will start to change in the coming years as King Charles reigns. Once in a while you will still get an old coin with King George on it.

[@juliansmith4295]

@@haweater1555 The obverse is still the front, since the tail sure isn't.

[@dogbirdgun]

Right you are, she is on the front.

[@deathpenguin005]

I don't know what she's smoking it's a Caribou/Reindeer, not a Moose.

[@charlesmclaughlin3578]

Lol

[@sirdavidoftor3413]

Actually there are 3 animals on the quarter. A caribou, a deer and a beaver. By blocking certain parts of the caribou, you get a deer and a beaver! Stay safe, stay sane, stay Strong Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@deathpenguin005]

@@sirdavidoftor3413 First I'm hearing of it. All the quarters ive seen are Caribou. Unless it's like a collector quarter or something, but those have all kinds of things. Beaver is generally on the nickel. Never seen a deer.

[@anndorval8409]

Judging by her accent, she's not Canadian

[@noizeaous7267]

There's a t-rex on the toony.

[@edwardmeade]

So this was awhile ago, I took my family to Ottawa and while sightseeing, I just threw the change in my pocket. Near the end of the visit, I needed a little bit more money to take some Timbits home. Before I went to the ATM, I decided to count my change. With a few loonies and toonies in there, turns out I had over $30 in my pocket!

[@kellyharper2039]

Best way to save in 🇨🇦 is to keep your change. It adds up really fast.

[@kevinL5425]

As for why the beaver is on the nickel, look up the Hudson’s Bay Company Fur Trade. Most of the early exploration of Canada was done by fur traders hunting beavers for the fashionable beaver fur hats that were the rage in Europe. In fact the original “North West Territories” was bought from the Hudson’s Bay Company by Canada. The ship on the dime is the Bluenose. A legendary fishing ship that won the International Fisherman’s Trophy boat race for 17 consecutive years. Much to the chagrin of the American competitors. It symbolizes our national pride and the Maritime provinces. As someone else pointed out, the quarter has a Caribou on it, not a Moose. The other name for Caribou, especially when domesticated, is Reindeer. (Hello Santa!) It is found throughout Canada. Canada had one dollar coins for a long time, but usually as collector coins, not in general circulation. When we decided to get rid of the dollar bill it was replaced with the “Loonie”. Originally it was going to have a scene of voyageurs (French fur traders in canoes.) However, the dies the Mint was going to use to press the coins got lost in transit. They came up with the completely different Loon design to avoid the risk of counterfeit coins being produced with the lost dies. The two dollar coin of course has the polar bear, signifying the North. The combination of two metals to make the coin was amazing at the time. The quarter, loonie and toonie all regularly have other designs. What the video doesn’t mention is sometimes these coins are also in colour (yes, spelled correctly). For example there is a quarter with a circle in the centre (yes, also spelled correctly) that is white with a pink ribbon on it for breast cancer research. My favourite (yes, spelled … oh you get the idea) is the toonie that had a dark blue night scene with ghostly green northern lights. Especially since the northern lights on the coin would glow in the dark. One reason for redesigning the bills so often is to help prevent counterfeiting. There are a LOT of other counterfeiting prevention features in the bills. For example marks printed on opposite sides of the bill that when you hold it up to the light come together to make an image like a maple leaf. The Canadian mint actually prints money for 73 other countries, like Brazil, Hong Kong, Iceland, Iraq, Haiti, etc.

[@robertcopeland2946]

The reason the coins, the loonie and the twoonie caught on was because we were not given an option. All one and two dollar paper bills were destroyed as they were returned to the banks. We had to use the coins. There was talk of doing the same with the $5 bill but now it looks like in the very near future our currency will be 100% digitized.

[@daveerwin115]

After the fiasco when Rogers Internet Service crashed for half a day putting the nations debit card system as well as many ATMs out of operation where our merchants lost millions of dollars in sales. Cash will not be done away with any time soon since too often internet failures stop debit cards from being used whether at individual businesses or nation wide.

[@robertcopeland2946]

@@daveerwin115 The Canadian Government announced the Canadian Currency will be digital by 2024 - They were questioned after this outage and replied that everything was still on track!

[@bdube30]

@@robertcopeland2946 Where did you read that ? I'm pretty sure it's false. They would need way more time to do it to give time to people to adapt and there is no information about this after doing some search on Google. If it was true, there will be plenty of media coverage on this.

[@TenToesUp450]

You don’t realize how next level our bills are until you wash money in your jeans pocket. Comes out exactly the way it went in! It’s also very resilient against tearing. The bills are nearly impossible to tear when warm but when they are super cold they sometimes tend to crack rather than tear.

[@mlfett6307]

When these bills were first introduced, they had a tendency to be difficult to count, because they were so flat and in a stack they would just get stuck. Now that they have been in circulation, we don't see this issue anymore. Notice, we have no 1$ or 2$ bill anymore? That's why we have the coin version.

[@FishyFelix]

Water proof, dryer proof, hard to rip. And it sticks to you if it's really dry and staticky. Cons - slippery and doesn't like to be folded.

[@surlycanadian]

I worked at a bank in Canada about 20 years ago and someone brought in their five $1,000 bills to try to sell them. At first I thought it was a joke since I’d never seen one before but my manager advised that there is a very small amount of $1,000 bills in circulation, mostly with collectors since they were discontinued. They just get destroyed by the Canadian mint to remove them from circulation. We advised him to bring it to a collector of some sort because all we could give home was the face value.

[@canadianintheend]

I remember seeing the 1,000 dollar bills as a child my father had some. Wow I'm glad you mention that. I have all his pennies he collected over the years. They're so heavy because of copper. A change was made and the amount of copper that was used. I think in 79.

[@norton750commando]

I worked as a teller in the vault in the head office of TD at King and Bay back in the late 70's/early 80's. Used to see those pink bills fairly regularly.

[@marleesanders]

I remember seeing $1000 bills and 500$ bills when I was younger. Haven’t seen either in a long time since digital banking.

[@jasonm8017]

Getting rid of the penny was absolutely fantastic!

[@georgesjarjour5994]

You should react to the Heritage Minutes videos if you want to learn a bit more about Canada.

[@stevietalk1]

Oh yeah, good call !

[@BadAss15-60]

There’s also a $1000 bill (reddish-purple colour)

[@chrisischeese]

I recently visited the US and kept getting surprised literally every time the American cashier handed me back pennies in change. My mind just kept automatically rounding, so my total would end in .23 and I'd hand them a quarter thinking that'd be exact change... until I got handed back pennies. Thank god my total never actually ended up rounding down when I used cash, or I'd be standing there looking dumb while they waited for me to give them pennies.

[@RandomStranger246]

I go to the US very often as I'm in close proximity to the border. I find dollar bills much harder to deal with than pennies.

[@sharonannrees2824]

The Royal Canadian mint produced many different quarters, events in the Olympics, special occasions etc.

[@torringaijin282]

The Mint also produces currency from other countries, due them not having their own facilities.

[@sharonannrees2824]

@@torringaijin282 Yes I am aware of that since they are world renowned for the quality of their product!

[@dawnlyell7187]

I truly love your reaction to our money, as most Americans typically make fun of our money calling it Monopoly money!

[@karenacton3854]

They’re just jealous because theirs is soooo boring.

[@christinemoore9239]

Yes. As a student in the 1990’s, I worked at the Wax museum in downtown Victoria. I heard the Monopoly money comment at least 10 times a day!

[@LandonFR1__]

11:52 I have heard of the legendary ice cream truck that drives down the street yet i have never seen one or heard the sound of the ice cream truck in the wild i am Canadian btw so idk Americans tell me do you guys have the legendary ice cream truck

[@MrJakeMusicOfficial98]

I am proud to be Canadian

[@xtina-ah]

Why?

[@chainsawlady]

i loved the 1967 coin set (canada's 100 yr. anniversary) the dime had a fish, the nickel a rabbit - don't remember the rest now. then they started putting out the quarter with images representing the provinces

[@Bytherocks]

Save the quarter and dime as they are silver

[@sherilynstarzko8116]

Cougar on quarter I believe wheat on pennys 78 quarter was a horse

[@CalixYukon]

Look up a $2 Newfoundland coin from 1870 (as one example), printed on it you'll see "TWO HUNDRED CENTS" and under it "ONE HUNDRED PENCE", the dollar used to be fixed making exchange and trade super simple, $2 Canadian used to be worth 1 British pound and it was fixed, you could use the coins in either country.

[@danieldrouin6857]

All the bills remained the same colour over the years, just the material to make them changed. We used to also have a $1000 domination bill. The $1,000 denomination stopped being issued in 2000, and it is no longer considered legal tender. Essentially, you won't be able to spend them in a cash transaction. This does not mean that the notes are worthless, however. The Bank of Canada says it will continue to honour them at face value.

[@christinevr7698]

I remember seeing them when I worked at the bank- they were hot pink!

[@danieldrouin6857]

@@christinevr7698 Yes, I held one when I worked at a tv store when I was a teen.

[@kaberle71]

If you ever come across a $1000 bill for face value, buy it. They're worth atleast 1.2x face to a collector