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Canadian Dollar Value

There's been a series of edits to the recent peaks the dollar has hit. How frequently do we want that info changed? Krupo 17:14, Oct 24, 2004 (UTC)

It seems to be the one sentence, "It has since continued its rise, closing at $0.8029 US on October 20, 2004"; the value and date can just be updated on a regular basis as this trend goes on, IMO. If it peaks or makes other noteworthy activity, that can be noted at that time. Radagast 00:43, Oct 25, 2004 (UTC)

Are the new fives and new tens smaller than the older bills? And aren't they more similar in colour and design to each other than the older bills were? Does anyone else think that this is a trend toward a more American style of currency? Tubby

Huh? The new $5 and $10 are the same colours as the previous $5 and $10 - blue and purple - and the same size (152.4 x 69.85 mm). The Bank of Canada website on the new series indicates that this will be the case for the rest of the new notes, too. To my eye they're no more similar in design to each other than the previous $5 and $10 (or any two American notes).

If they did something obvious like make all the notes red, then I'd agree with you; but I don't think it's likely, since visually impaired people would pitch all holy hell, and well they should. - Montréalais

Aren't some commemorative coins struck at the Ottawa mint, rather than at Winnipeg? Arwel 17:04 Mar 7, 2003 (UTC)

I think the coloured rows are garish and hard to read. They strain my eyes. Should they be made plain? Maybe pictures of the notes and coins should be uploaded. - RadRafe

I found the colored rows almost impossible to read. Pleaae someone make it go away. Please. Rmhermen 22:13 20 May 2003 (UTC)

I second your desire for banknote scans. We do this for Euro_banknotes and United States dollar among others. -- Finlay McWalter 12:36, 5 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Suggestions for bill colors:

2 dollars

5 dollars

10 dollars

20 dollars

50 dollars

100 dollars

1000 dollars

I also think that scans would be not a bad idea. - sik0fewl 12:44, 21 Feb 2004 (UTC)

There are very specific laws in the Criminal Code of Canada about how the image of Canadian banknotes may be used. They may be incompatible with useful display in an encyclopedia. - Montréalais 17:04, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

True, but Wiki has to follow U.S. laws, no? ;) --Krupo 02:11, 4 May 2004 (UTC)

"You can pop the centre out of a toonie. This is (or was) in fact true. Many toonies in the first shipment of the coins were defective, and could separate if struck hard. This problem was quickly corrected. "

one would assume you could still break them if you tried hard enough Pellaken 05:52, 5 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Each of these represents the flag that Canada was using at the time of the Prime Minister depicted on the bill.

This is wrong. The $2 and $1000, after all, depicted the Queen, not a prime minister; the $10 featured Macdonald, who became prime minister 25 years before the Red Ensign was approved for use on the Merchant Marine and more than 50 years before it was used on goverrnment buildings; and the Union Jack is on the $100 with Robert Borden, who came after Laurier who appears with the Red Ensign. Montrealais

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If they aren't yet, the 2001-series bills will soon be more common than the old ones; should this be reflected on the table? We could put the newer descriptions above the old, or just wait for the new $50 to become prevalent and take the old ones out entirely.

Or, we make Canadian banknotes and take them all off here entirely. Any thoughts?

Radagast 19:09, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)

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In Canada, it is common to find American 1¢, 5¢, and 10¢ coins in circulation (just like there are Australian 5, 10, 20, and 50 cent coins in New Zealand and vice versa;) this interchangeability is considered somewhat unique in the western world

Clearly it's not considered unique, because of the Australasian example! 81.156.161.238 07:31, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Red Poppy Twenty Five Cent Piece

Is this is general circulation still? I'm going to Niagara in a few days, and don't wanna waste a trip to the bank if I'll probably get one in my change. -GregNorc (talk)

Absolutely. It is the size, shape and weight of a standard quarter; it is legal currency like any other commemorative quarter. The status of the dye on the particular coin makes no difference to its value. Radagast 14:00, Feb 14, 2005 (UTC)

I see. In the USA, they have made a few coins similar to that, including a "colour"ized one dollar coin. In each case they never made in huge numbers, just available from the mint for collector purchase. They didn't make EVERY one dollar coin in circulation colorized. Thanks for the info. -GregNorc (talk)

Yes, i collected mine from the change from a vending machine at my school. Also, I found one on the floor. The best one to get is the veteran's one. -- cncxbox

50¢ piece

The 50¢ coin is no longer very common in Canada. I believe it was taken out of circulation with the introduction of the loonie. I think it should be removed from the table of coins. --Madison Gray 03:12, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I don't believe this is correct. I think there was a promotion within the last year or two where a lot were given out, and while they are uncommon, I don't believe they've been taken out of circulation. - Cafemusique 12:36, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"In recent decades, the 50-cent circulation coin has not been widely used in business transactions, and most of the annual mintage is purchased by coin collectors." Presumably the rest were in general circulation. Quote taken from the the mint's web page on circulation coins. RCM - Circulation Coins - Cafemusique 12:45, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Trust me, they were still in circulation as of 2003. I used to routinely go to banks to pick up rolls and boxes of 50¢ pieces and silver dollars (which I would then use as pocket change). If the coins had been officially withdrawn from circulation, the banks would not have been allowed to give them out but would have returned them to the mint to be destroyed. Psychonaut 13:48, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Not to mention, I have a numisimatic relative who gifts me with a new uncirculated set each year; the 50-cent piece has been there every year, through 2004. That set includes all the regularly-minted coins. Radagast 14:50, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)

Yep. And I should also clarify that among the 50¢ coins I would receive from the banks were several bearing dates after 1987. Thus the OP's theory of the 50¢ piece being withdrawn after the loonie's introduction is unfounded. Psychonaut 18:23, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

I have a 2001 50 cent coin sitting in my pile of change. While they're certainly not common, they are still in circulation, and Post Offices (real CanadaPost ones, not RPOs) commonly hand them out as part of any change. Snickerdo 04:28, 21 Jan 2005 (UTC)

To put it in terms us Americans can get, it's like our new dollar coin. You can get it in a bank if you ask for it, it's legal tender, but most people don't use it. -GregNorc (talk)

Well, I have it in a case and in a circular paper holder. One is from 2000 and another in 1999. It was sold by the Royal Canadian Mint. -- cncxbox

Added some subsection titles...

Some of them seem ackward to me, but I couldn't think of any better ones. If anyone thinks they can make a better one, go at it... -GregNorc (talk)

Move specifications to other articles?

Now that there are seperate articles for each coin, containing all the information found in the Specifications section of this article, I think we should soon remove the chart of coin specifications and the picture of the coins from this article. In my opinion, we just need to add a photo of the current obverse to each coin's article, and then we should remove the coin specs from here.

I think we should also work towards removing the bills from the specifications section too. Before doing this, we should start articles for all the bills and find individual photos of (at least) the front of each bill to add to these articles. I think the Birds of Canada series information could then be dropped from the Specifications section too. If desired, each of the individual bill articles could describe the previous version of the bill. --thirty-seven 10:05, Mar 5, 2005 (UTC)

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I recognised the raised dots on the banknotes! The dots are one group of six dots on the $5, two groups of six on the $10, and so on. Scott Gall 09:22, 2005 May 1 (UTC)

Location of dollar bill scene

I remember reading, once upon a time, that on a bill there was a prairie scene showing Bluesky, Alberta, in the distance. Going through the list in the article, the description that comes closest is the 1954 $1 bill -- "Saskatchewan prairie". I'm tempted to correct this, but I don't completely trust my memory. Could someone check a good reference and confirm the location of this scene? Indefatigable 03:05, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

The BoC page on it () describes it as "Saskatchewan prairie and sky"; I'll take their word on it, personally. Radagast 13:38, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

Out of Ccirculation

Not mentioned here is the former C$0.20 piece... Trekphiler 22:53, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm not familiar with that one... are you sure the Dominion of Canada (post-1867) produced such a coin? Radagast 17:34, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Never heard of 20 cent piece. But their should be pictures of the 500 and 1000 dollar bills, plus trivia on bills (a 1000 bill sells for 1012 dollars if unopened, 1006 if opened, etc.) Theonlyedge 02:49, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Older exchange rate

There is a sentence in this article that says the dollar hit a 14-year high. Where does one find old exchange rate info? Yahoo Finance only goes back 5 years. Tnikkel 09:02, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Statistics Canada's CANSIM data base has data up to 1945, but you have to pay for it. You can get free information from the Bank of Canada's for the last 10 years. I have uploaded a graph of the data from 1950. Luigizanasi 17:18, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the info. That is an excellent chart, and much needed in this article. Tnikkel 22:01, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

BoC images available

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/legislation/images.html

This looks to be a compatible licence. Any images in particular that we could/should use? Radagast 15:13, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

Historic value

This article states that the dollar was originally valued at 5/-, but I'm pretty sure that's incorrect. Historically, the pound was valued at $4.86/₃, and in Halifax, the dollar was rated at 5 to the pound, which makes it FOUR shillings (£1 = 20 shillings), not five. Nik42 02:31, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

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