Australian Reacts To 'Secrets Of The Canadian Dollar!'

[@JonInCanada1]

It's also important to note that each bill has braille for the visually impaired to distinguish denominations as well as a coded RFID strip that makes counterfeiting all but impossible.

[@Xboxavatar49]

Being from Aus I can say that we have that as well. Seems like the same note tech, different designs...

[@leoc5352]

je ne l'avais pas réaliser, c'est génial, merci.

[@TristouMTL]

Interestingly, it's not the braille numbers 5, 10, 20, 50, or 100. To make it easier to identify quickly, it's the number of the 6-dot clusters that indicates the bill's denomination. The $5 bill has one cluster, the $10 has two, the $20 has three, the $50 has four, and the $100 had just two but placed further apart.

[@MrBonners]

machine readable. for counting purposes. the entire material/designs/textures make them impossible to counterfeit. not just the coding strip.

[@ssokolow]

@@MrBonners Actually, last I checked years ago, there were counterfeiters passing off fakes of the first generation of them. The problem was that, because you only have to find an inattentive clerk once, they were cutting the clear windows out of $5 bills and incorporating them into fake bills with higher denominations. That's part of the reason the newer designs made the borders on all the windows more distinct from each other.

[@bcpr9812]

The American joke about Canadian banknotes used to be that we had "Monopoly money" because ours were different colours by denomination, whereas theirs were all green. In recent years, the USA has transitioned to multicoloured banknotes like so many other countries. As a Canadian who has always seen "Monopoly money", to me it just makes sense. Who wouldn't want to make it easier to differentiate between a $5, $20, $50, etc, so they don't accidentally hand the wrong one over? If the banknotes smell like maple syrup because we consume so much of it, then surely they must equally smell of cannabis 😅

[@CanImperator]

I remember once an American friend of mine (who had previously called Canadian money "Monopoly money" ) accidentally tipped a bartender a 50 instead of a 5. I suggested to him that maybe if their bills were colour-coded, it wouldn't have happened. He hasn't called Canadian money "Monopoly money" since then haha.

[@D33Lux]

I recall even Canadian rap group Citizen Kane made a song called Monopoly Money.

[@InsaneHunter01]

I went to the states once on vacation. I hate mono colored money for this reason. Went to a store, and paid the cashier for the items I bought. Instead of using a 10, I gave the cashier 20. never got my change back and the cashier kept the rest as a tip. (sad face) I thought I was actually giving the cashier a 10. I guess it helps to pay attention to what you're doing, or START USING MULTI COLORS!!!!!

[@robertbreedon9137]

They (the USA) added colour to their money mainly to help to stop counterfeiting as a one colour bank note makes it easier to copy.

[@scottmorris5730]

In the 70's when we changed the look of the one dollar bill they looked so much like a $10 that cashiers were giving us too much change back.

[@Ottawajames]

The Royal Canadian Mint does a lot of revolutionary stuff.... They actually sued the Royal Australian Mint for using a patented process of painting coins.

[@kelliadamswityk7164]

Interesting fact. The Royal Canadian mint and the Canadian Human Rights museum are located in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada.

[@lucas_h]

@@kelliadamswityk7164 Also got a mint over in Ottawa

[@kelliadamswityk7164]

The Mint in Winnipeg only does coins. What about other mint?

[@lucas_h]

@@kelliadamswityk7164 From what I've seen the Ottawa one does solely coins as well, and they're seemingly the only two locations so they likely aren't too different. According to Wikipedia they also produce medallions and stuff though so I'm not sure if that happens here or not.

[@Ottawajames]

@@kelliadamswityk7164 There are different Mint locations....Ottawa has one too.

[@andrewwalsh6401]

The circle in the leaf is a security measure to prevent counterfeiting, same as the clear strip

[@SchreiX1]

The original video did not mention it, but we have had many series of notes. This one is called The "Frontier" series. The previous one was the "Canadian Journey" Series. And before that was the "Birds of Canada" Series.

[@Sparlingo]

And the one featuring pond hockey and a quotation from "the sweater" - "in the winters of our youth .....

[@User-qo8rw]

@@Sparlingo Yes that one was a part of the Journey series.

[@ingridpear1882]

Which one had the first line of a poem ? One had the first line of Flanders Fields, another had "how could we know eachother in the slightest without the art's? (It had a todempole on it). Miss the poems.

[@FionaApplewright]

Look at the toonies they released in 2017. Polar bears and northern lights in colour and the northern lights glow in the dark. In factthey released a whole set of specialty coins for the 150th. They featured new images of iconic canadian animals and lots of Indigenous style artwork. The quarter was also coloured. I think they released a small amount of each coin in colour but most were just the new design.

[@GoWestYoungMan]

Australia and Canada collaborate on a staggering number of things and in every way imaginable. Most of it happens behind the scenes so we rarely hear about it. That said, it makes a great deal of sense that we do this. Australia and Canada have a lot in common and face many of the same challenges going forward. Side note: it's supposedly impossible to tear a Canadian bank note. I've tried, unsuccessfully, to do it. There's also a hologram in the note that appears when you bend it.

[@TheNaughtySenpai]

When the polymer notes were first introduced, werent we having issues with them becoming brittle in the cold? 🤣

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

Supposedly impossible to tear, but not quite. I remember i was in the States a few years ago and showed the 20 in a small store. Told them it was supposed to be tear proof, tried to prove it, and promptly tore it in half.

[@brae_t]

Same with the Australian currency too.

[@leoc5352]

c'est vrai, si ce n'étais pas pour ce vidéo, je ne l'aurais pas su et en plus ils parle 99% du temps de seulement la relation des canadiens avec les etat-uniens.

[@InsaneHunter01]

The way Canada and Australia collaborate their currencies might actually be a stepping stone in the direction of forming CANZUK. Especially the way they make their money so similar

[@crockerbd]

The $10.00 bill is very special not only in that it is vertical but it features Viola Desmond - one of the only women (besides the Queen) to be featured on a bill. I also live in Halifax, Nova Scotia which you recently found out was the site of the world's largest non-nuclear explosion in 1917. It has grown into a beautiful city over the past 100 years since the devastation. With the world's second largest ice-free harbour (behind Sydney Australia). There is a transit ferry boat named for Viola Desmond that crosses the harbour to the neighboring city of Dartmouth every 30 minutes.

[@Sparlingo]

Princess Patricia was on the $1.00 note issued March 17, 1917 in recognition of her work during the war for Canada and other women royalty including Queen Victoria, Queen Mary, the Queen Mother and others have featured on Canadian notes.

[@User-qo8rw]

The Canadian banknotes mostly have had men, however she's not the first woman besides the Queen to be featured. There have been a handful of other women from the royal family, Agnes Macphail on the commermative $10 bill and "the famous 5" were on the back of the previous $50 dollar bill (journey series). It's nice to have Viola on the note, but personally think Sir John A MacDonald should remain on our $10 banknote.

[@leoc5352]

oui c'est une belle ville mais j'étais bein désapointer que j'ai rencontré trés peu de canadien_enne bilingue et choquand que le policier que j'ai rencontré parlais juste anglais, ici ma famille et plein de gens respecte le fait que Notre pays est bilingue et non unilingue.

[@DEADBRO_]

@@leoc5352 this is very true, especially in the city, I've never left Nova Scotia, but I'd think it's quite different from central/western Canada.

[@TheAuldphart]

I knew a survivor of that explosion. At the time he was a young lad in the Hospital On the backside away from that mishap.He had a phenomenal photo graphic memory. Long gone now. RIP in peace Ray. You are still in our thoughts.

[@Kiera_Jackson74]

Canada also made a Canada Arm for the space shuttle that flew on every mission. Robotic space arm.

[@davidlightfoot4720]

Canadarm.

[@mocat1]

There is a Canadian Heritage Minute with Agnes Macphail. It’s not in the 95 video playlist though. It is there though.

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

Oops! It was the $10 not the $5 - my bad. Surprised they haven't mentioned the braille on the notes. The Canadian Museum for Human Rights is at the Forks in Winnipeg Manitoba - near where the Red and Assiniboine rivers meet and across the river from the St Boniface hospital. It was the brainchild of the late Izzy Asper of Canwest Global fame - a media company that used to have some minor holdings in Australia but started in Winnipeg with CKND tv station. Asper also funded the heart attack ward at the St Boniface hospital where he later died of a heart attack after attending a Liberal gathering the night before. He had his flaws but he was a character. They missed out the "spy coins". For Remembrance day, the Canadian Mint (also in Winnipeg) printed out quarters with a red poppy on them and the Americans came across one and thought that we were using them to spy on them. The dollar coin was called the loonie because it has a picture of the loon on it. They only went with the loon because their first choice was compromised. The name of the bear on the two dollar coin is Churchill - after the city in Northern Manitoba famous for polar bears.

[@kelliadamswityk7164]

My twin Kc Adams has two public sculptures at the Forks!

[@D33Lux]

I recall when the tooney first came out there was issues with the insert popping out, so you had two coins, the small insert and the donut outer piece.

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

@@D33Lux I had forgotten that.

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

@@kelliadamswityk7164 your twin is talented

[@Khan1670]

As someone who has worked in back office areas where a lot of money is handled, I've seen a lot of these changes in CAD notes over the years. I do remember when we started really putting all the anti-counterfeit stuff in the notes that Australian notes were considered amongst the best in the world. I'm sure they still are today.

[@Kaziklu]

The Maple leaf if you shine a laser through will show the dollar amount. It also works if you just look through it at small enough light source. The amount of the bill appears encircled around. It is really very neat and a way to test for counterfeiting.

[@RazZelDaZzel16]

Canadian here. I just recently found your channel. Happy to see Canada getting some attention.. I'm really enjoying your videos. I had a pretty rough day, but your videos are cheering me up. your smile is very infectious:) also, I love Australia. I went on holiday there a while back.... Keep up the great work!

[@OJBReacts]

Thanks, glad you can come along for the ride!

[@allanlank]

Jacque Cartier: 15th century explorer. George Cartier: 19th century politician. Inuit is the correct name for the people who used to be called Eskimo.

[@johnt8636]

Psst... 16th century.

[@9284vr]

Politically correct name.

[@cmdrbrantford888]

@@9284vr The Inuit themselves prefer their correct name.. not the Eskimo name

[@9284vr]

@@cmdrbrantford888 Understood but most non-Inuit Canadians and even a lot of Inuit never knew and still do not know what Eskimo actually meant.

[@allanlank]

@@johnt8636 Jacques Cartier born 1491, 15th century. However, yes his exploration was done during the 16th century.

[@RossomeOfficial]

I just realized this today (most people just use electronic cards here) but the $50 note has Inuktitut writing on it.

[@Mercure250]

7:40 You're thinking about Jacques Cartier there, who explored the Saint-Lawrence river. That was in the 1500's. George-Étienne Cartier was a politician in the 1800's and one of the founders of the modern Canadian state.

[@canadianicedragon2412]

From a "slightly older" view... "When I was young..." We had "paper notes" for $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 and $1000... The colour scheme was Green for 1 and 20, Red for 2s, 50s and 1000s, 5s were blue, 10s purple and 100s were brown. Since then the 1, 2, and 1K were discontinued, and the colours were... tweaked from time to time, but for the people familiar with the bills they still have that "tint" that matches what we remember. The bills have braille dots as well. We can now tell a bill's denomination by colour or touch which I think is cool. Our coins also have many commemorative releases, but not as much in terms of hidden features.

[@randyval2]

the little circle displays an image when held up to the light at the right angle

[@davidreichert9392]

There is a thing in Canada called Spocking Fivers, where people would draw Mr Spock style hair on Wilfred Laurier.

[@paranoidrodent]

That worked better on the old paper notes. The polymer ones don’t really hold the ink as well. I suppose it will disappear with the new series since they are moving away from having dead PMs on the notes.

[@jakefoster8308]

The notes 100% smelt like maple syrup when new.

[@D33Lux]

They also taste like maple syrup when you lick them, that's one of the security features.

[@SebastienPhotoVideo]

At 8:50 there's our 10 dollar bill with the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. Fun fact for you all If I go to the end of my street and cross a bridge I am at the front doors of the museum.

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

So you live on a side street off Provencher? What is your opinion of Mrs Mikes?

[@SebastienPhotoVideo]

@@vaudreelavallee3757 the king burger is the best, they put chilli on it! It’s slightly expensive but it’s worth it

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

@@SebastienPhotoVideo - not a big fan of Burger King but still have a couple Thundercats cups from there because my dad used to take my eldest there.

[@tomheinrichs7058]

It may also interest you to know that we got rid of the penny. They are not made or exchanged for the most part anymore. Also that we only have dollar and two dollar coins. Affectionately called the Loonie and the Twoonie respectively.

[@vaudreelavallee3757]

Yeah, Pat Martin was really pushing for getting rid of the penny - like his politics, did not care for that. Did you ever see the poppy coins?

[@tomheinrichs7058]

@@vaudreelavallee3757 I use to see them irregularly. When they first came out quite often. However, people started collecting them immediately after their release. Then with the pandemic. That basically made electronic currency more popular and I will wager it’s been over a month since I have even seen a coin.

[@D33Lux]

People don't realize it was a scam to take mone y from us. We got arbitrary inflation on everything of 4%. Now everything is rounded to the nickel, up, never down.

[@tomheinrichs7058]

@@D33Lux That is wrong. It’s rounded up or down depending on the well established rules for rounding. One to two you round down. Three or four you round up. So if something comes out to two cents it gets rounded down to the dollar. If it’s 8 cents it gets rounded up to 10 cents. Furthermore. All electronic transactions are charged to the penny without rounding. So if you don’t want to be charged extra pay electronically.

[@D33Lux]

@@tomheinrichs7058 Mastercard rounds up, even if its 1 penny, they'll charge you five. I had it done to me about 5 years ago that's how I know. Rate of economic inflation is 4% now too, it used to be 2% per year. The cost of living here in Canada is one of the highest, internet, cell phone, food....etc.

[@ronknox3376]

Paper or cotton/paper, etc. blend notes had a relatively short shelf life compared to today's bank notes. Is wasn't just for anti-counterfeit measures.

[@chrisrandall2710]

You were asking about the special leaf, top left, with the circle thru it... JUST after u asked that, they said saline a laser thru it, it will show the denomination, meaning, 20, 50, 10....

[@zzzubmno2755]

yes, the Canada arm was designed, built and paid for in Canada. Many people do not realize it, but Canada is very advanced in aerospace engineering and have been a major player in the space race and people on the space station. because of the high quality and standards of producing our coins and bank notes, most people don't know that we also produce coins and bank notes for over 73 other countries around the world.

[@catherinetodd5163]

Yes, and the first thing to touch the moon was the Canadian made/ designed landing gear. It was used in all of the Apollo missions. 😊

[@nadeaum26]

@@catherinetodd5163 If I can add to that... Once upon a time, Canadian engineers did a wonderful fighter jet called the Avro. You might have heard of it ...and also how the Conservatives gouvernment at the time canned the project under the political pressure from the Americans, even knowing there was up to 7B$ orders for it from various other governments, an insane amount of $$$ in today's value. What happened after the destruction of the Avro prototypes is simple : most of the Avro engineers went to work for NASA who, you said it, designed and made the landing gears.

[@catherinetodd5163]

@@nadeaum26 I do know of the Avro. It always burned my a$$ that happened. Well said. Many Canadian scientists and engineers were recruited by NASA for the moon landing and beyond. Heck, if a Canadian hadn’t discovered insulin the moon landing wouldn’t have happened at all. (At least then) The processes discovered in the invention of insulin lead to a treatment for Addison disease(and others) JFK had Addison’s disease and would never had been President otherwise. Just a fun tidbit. 😊

[@ll7868]

Our bills have braille on them too. A lot of countries do but not many people really notice it.

[@xxMelaniexx]

We have lasers to shine through them to check for counterfeit bills when people use them. Very helpful to workers bc its so easy

[@OJBReacts]

Ahh I see. I still don’t understand how he said there was a projected denomination

[@GreenBeanGreenBean]

@@OJBReacts the denomination just means it tells you if it's a 20 dollar bill, a 10, or a 5, or a 50 ......it will show the number with the laser.

[@D33Lux]

Just tried it, you have to put the "Laser" right up to the note about waist height and it will project a visible 5 and also a $ sign, then 5, $ sign in a circle on your floor. All the notes with the maple leaf with the circle have the denomination feature.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

That museum is here in Winnipeg.

[@ssokolow]

They didn't project the laser-pointer image at the right distance so it's out of focus. When in focus, the petals around the circle are numbers which say the dollar value.

[@michaelleclerc7273]

When you look through the frosted circle at an incandescent light source you will see a fractal image of the notes denomination.

[@robertbreedon9137]

The old five dollar bill use to have a scene on the back from a famous short film from the national film board of Canada call the Sweater it had kids playing hockey on a frozen pond in Quebec. That little 10 min film is a National treasure ( to me anyways )

[@sandman487]

"Drinking maple syrup". What a good laugh i had. I never heard of anyone drinking maple syrup in this country

[@johnt8636]

Halifax boy right here.

[@sweiland75]

It is true that Canadian banknotes smell of maple syrup, as much as it is true that Australian banknote smell of vegemite.

[@OJBReacts]

So that’s all they smell of then?!

[@duncansolloway2497]

i believe the material used in canadian money was used 1st in australian currency-also the canadian mint prints currency for several other countries

[@ralphvelthuis2359]

When the euro was getting ready to roll out, it was the mint that produced most of the coins. I dont know if they produced the whole thing though, or if it was just the blanks, leaving various European mints to finish them.

[@wesscoates5676]

The circle is pretty cool. If you shine a laser through it, it'll show the denomination of the bill where the digits are arranged in a 6 pointed star formation. (Hexagonal formation?) On the 5, it's just 6 5s. On the 10, it's 101010 the 20 and 50 are 202020 and 505050 respectively, and the 100 is 100100. Like i said, pretty cool.

[@joseelarocque7]

The Queen has visited Canada more than any other Commonwealth country. The Queen is beloved by majority of Canadians.

[@tylerschunter3220]

When you shine a laser pointer through the maple leaf it shows the amount that it is either 5 10 20 50 or 100

[@RossomeOfficial]

The building on the Viola Desmond note is of the human rights museum.

[@T.N.S.A.F.]

if you hold the maple leaf with the hole in it up to your eye at a bright light source you will see hologram images of the notes denomination circling around the light.....like this $5 $10 etc...

[@colton5604]

From Canada here. You cannot lie to me, the notes totally do smell like maple syrup!

[@paulhellewell9468]

Canada designed and built the Canada Arm, with a lot of difficulty at first, because after all something that might weigh a ton here on Earth is almost weightless in space but still has the mass. It's a trick to use it too, the whole mass and inertia. It can also lift the astronauts around.

[@leoc5352]

oui et je me rappelle que le dernier vaisseau spaciale qui a explosé en retournant ver la terre, il y a des professionnelles qui disaient que si ils avait un bras canadien ils aurait pu voir qu'il y avait des dégâts sur le dessous du vaisseau.

[@brentfellers9632]

Canadian coins have been top level over the years. The stamping process is da boss.

[@bartlett454]

One thing not covered in the video you reviewed was that Canadian bank notes have a textural feel featuring braille for vision-impaired individuals. Also, if you have an interest in our currency, check out the many different coins in recent history. Not meaning the unique daily used coins but, rather, the special commemorative coins. Canada's centennial in 1967 the coins were designed by famous Canadian artist, Alex Colville. Many other designs, typically on the quarter or the dollar coin, affectionately called "the loonie", have been re-designed to commemorate other great achievements and special honours from our history.

[@knightamongknaves]

Also each Bank note has the bank note value in Braille for the Blind in the corner, can be seen by the raised dot pattern near corner

[@chrisjohnson7929]

The tactile feature isn't really braille.

[@michaeljamesstewart1000]

The Royal Canadian Mint, located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, makes all of Canada's coins as well as producing over 2 billion coins or blanks per year for more than 75 countries including New Zealand, Uganda, Cuba, Colombia, Norway, Yemen, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, and Iceland. The Bank of Canada designs and produces banknotes (bills), which are printed by the Canadian Bank Note Company.

[@J1WE]

The 'Inuit Artist' or the Inuit People are Native, Indigenous or in the AU known as Aboriginal. They live in the Northest parts of Canada Also, there is a long history for free black slaves and Halifax/Dartmouth. Africville and North Preston history in Halifax

[@jhd1111]

The Canadian Banknote Company, has, at various times, printed currency for other countries.

[@ll7868]

The Canadian Museum For Human Rights is here in Winnipeg, it's on Treaty 1 land, birthplace of the Metis, I'm Metis. Pronounced MEH--tee. Been there a couple times but I really like the Natural History Museum on Main Street, it's got a planetarium with laser rock shows, Pink Floyd, Metallica and whatnot.

[@craigmorris4083]

That's what that little circle in the maple leaf is for, eh :)

[@MrBonners]

The materials used and design and texture make them impossible to counterfeit. They are also washing machine and dryer indestructible.

[@bearlamb5026]

the Human Rights Museum on the $10 bill. Is located in my home city of Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. if you'd like to come to the Human Rights Museum. Please come in the summertime. Due to our Winters being very cold. -40 below Celsius is a normal temperature in the winter. For you Americans that is -40 below Fahrenheit.

[@LewisGirls]

BARBADOS also has colored bank notes but it's paper. The Canadian bank notes are plastic.

[@merchillio]

The intricate patterns are beautiful but they are also a security feature. They are extremely hard to reproduce unless you have the same quality of printer the Canadian Mint uses, making the whole thing less profitable. When I used to work as a cashier, we used to look at the lines in the iris of the person portrayed on the bill. When you spot a fake one, it’s obvious the printing quality isn’t there.

[@melissacoorston3121]

Although coins are not discussed here the Canadian Mint makes or has made coin currency for over 80 countries including Australia

[@dogsteeves1]

He means if you take a lazer pen and shine it thru the maple leaf it make a maple leaf shape on the wall

[@320dufferin]

If you look through the circle of the leaf at a light source, you can see the number of the denomination in it. I think they are in a circle or half circle. I cant remember, its been a few years since i looked tnrough them and i never think of doing that nowadays. Im sure there are many canadians that dont even know you can do this. I didnt until i read about it and tried it for myself.

[@TheStreetfish]

i can wait before see prince charles green alian face XD im just joking i love your video its a good thing as a Canadian to saw perspective from other GG bro keep going i love it

[@InsaneHunter01]

The laser pointer being aimed through the circle in the maple leaf does reveal the bank note's denomination. But bank note has to be a minimum of 2 feet away from the wall before you use the laser. If you're too close, 1.5 feet between the wall and the note, it's all blurry like the way you saw it in the video. We Winnipeggers (for the most part Manitobans) Have our own opinion about the Human Rights Museum. I won't post it on here, you'll have to ask me or any Manitoban in person.

[@scottmorris5730]

I wish he had shown the 1967 coin collection when the Canadian mint celebrated our centenial.

[@desirelaboucan2232]

The $100 CAD note is brown not yellow 😂

[@Mr.Thriver]

Always interesting, Thanks!!

[@CanadiansReact]

We're for sure going to do a reaction to this video. Thanks for sharing :)

[@McScottsman]

I highly recommend checking out the Royal Canadian Mint if you enjoy the artwork of Canadian currency. The stuff they do there is truly spectacular. My favourite coin that I own is a 2019 silver Remembrance Day coin with a poppy made of glass laid in. They do other coinage works in holographic, gemstones, glass, carvings, and vibrant colours. Truly works of art. Many of the artworks are also created by Canadian artists.

[@chadduncanson1583]

It's also important to note that this guy loves sound of his own voice

[@RossomeOfficial]

The $100 note sort of resembles the smell of maple, at least to some Canadians. Haha usually when fresh out of the atm.

[@David-ng7cr]

Canadian money also has Braille so the blind can read what bill they have.

[@chrisjohnson7929]

Not braille, but a tactile feature.

[@BC_Geoff]

If you shine a laser through the maple leaf then it shows the denomination of the bill in the laser. So it would show $ 1 0 $ 1 0 (if it was a $10 bill)in a circle around where the laser hits the wall after passing through the window on the bill. It’s hard to see on video.

[@jcee8493]

I guess he can be forgiven for missing the rfid security built into the notes but I'm not sure how he missed that they have braille on them since that's kind of a big thing too. Excuse me while I hunt down my laser pointer, lol.

[@MrBonners]

The colours remain the same, eg. $5 has always been blue, $10 is purple, etc. The verticals are very recently released. Haven't seen the King yet. Cash is not used nearly as it was even 10 years ago. Plastic/debit cards is the norm. $1 and $2 dollar coins for small purchase.

[@Falleninator]

I had a crispy, fresh 100 note from the bank once. It ABSOLUTELY smelled like maple syrup

[@cherylsemrau7100]

The features on the dollar bills are security features. The $100 bill is brown. The Queen and Canada have a very strong bond. The Queen considered Canada her second home. Also the bills have braille. The museum is in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The only thing they should take Mackenzie King off the money because he refused the Jewish people entrance to Canada during the Holocaust.

[@wesscoates5676]

They don't just look textured, they are textured.

[@Whateva67]

I buy Australian kookaburra silver coins, 1 to 10 oz.Love me some kooks. Hello from British Columbia 🇨🇦

[@mayloo2137]

Decades ago, we had $1 and $2 paper bills before they were made into coins. We changed from paper to polymer bills because the polymer lasted longer. And they're harder to counterfeit. Edit don't remember the exact color of the old $2 bill - might have been coral. PS your background looks like my self-healing mat. It's used in art.

[@wizardsuth]

9:32 "It features a woman, one of the first Canadian bank notes to do so" -- Provided you ignore Queen Elizabeth II being on the majority of Canadian bank notes for many decades.

[@trudyziegler4977]

After all this since the pandemic a lot of people very seldom use cash & many businesses don’t want cash. We mostly use debit or credit cards now. E-transfers and direct deposits have pretty much replaced cheques.

[@puffthemagicdragon2288]

denomination of the bill is the face value of the bill

[@MrBonners]

1967 100 years had the one dollar bill with Expo triangle maple leaf symbol and the 1867 1967 as a serial number. I have one.

[@shirleyklein1770]

A lot of the currencies for the world are actually produced in Canada

[@Williamchan87]

He forgot to talk about the Braille, and the uv glow

[@kevinstruke1031]

Canada makes New Zealand's notes. that's why they look similar.

[@pierre-antoinedubois1351]

The 100$ smells like maple syrup around the maple leaf

[@shonaboufford7342]

Older paper 10s have In Flanders Field on the back. Nope they actually do smell like maple syrup

[@angelinashankle75]

What about Loonies and Toonies? The $1 and $2 coin

[@sweiland75]

Designed, stored, paid for the Canadarm and also MADE IT.

[@kevinstruke1031]

My dad worked for the firm that made it. I'm 58 now and saw it as a kid a decade before the first one was installed on a shuttle. SPAR Aerospace in Toronto.

[@davidmccarthy2040]

Our coins can get pretty funky too with colour. The yanks thought we were micro chipping them. I'd send you a picture if I could

[@OJBReacts]

I'll have to check them out, Cheers!

[@bruce8321]

I hate being in a bar or restaurant in the U.S. and dealing with their money when it is quite dark. All the green makes you stop to make sure you are using the right note. Our money is a counterfeiters nightmare but not the U.S.

[@scottmorris5730]

What I hate the most about making purchases in the States is that they'll give you the bills first and put the coins on top. I am so tired of having to bend my fat white Canadian arse & beer gut over to pick the coins off of the ground.

[@bostonblackie9503]

A lot of stuff on the money is for security reason. So they can't be counterfeited! A fair number of slave went to Halifax, Nova Scotia at the end of the Underground Railroad.

[@perrycomeau2627]

The current Canadian dollar is an invention of the Australian mint. Works much better.

[@ryank5424]

We do stuff with coins too. From $0.25 and up

[@igaluitchannel6644]

I hate the polymer notes - they slip right out of your pockets.

[@MrDiveDave]

Have fun trying to counterfeit our money... lol

[@dawnlyell7187]

Brand new bills do in fact smell like maple syrup, not just the 100.

[@scottmorris5730]

Rumour has it that we are going to go to a $5 coin to replace the bill. He could have talked about the Loonie and Toonie & the fact, like Australia, we no longer have a penny.

[@livier3970]

I realise… for us this is comon and ordinary, but this is beautiful

[@smilingfool-ss2ub]

The Museum for Human rights is located in Winnipeg.

[@philpaine3068]

Australians, get busy --- make your bills smell like meat pies!

[@YoursUntruly]

They really do smell like maple syrup, I worked for a place where I had to count the money in safes twice a day, and they definitely do. I promise

[@Sparlingo]

I didn't believe it until someone got me to scratch and smell

[@ZuliaaQcQt]

The 100$ bills really do smell like maple cookies!!!!

[@e.lake13]

I will vouch as well. They really, really do. Especially when they're new.