Canadian Business has an excellent article on counterfeit Canadian currency. Wesley Weber, a University of Windsor dropout, is described as “the man who crippled the $100 bill”.
The Bank of Canada introduced a new $100 bill in January. I haven’t seen it. The new $20 bill should be out by the end of the month, though, with the same new features.
Australian bills made of polymer instead of paper are mentioned. Has anyone seen them?
17 September 2004They feel a bit like wax paper. And they have transparent parts. Also, they are different sizes. Someone told me it’s so that blind people could tell the bills apart, but it sure made it hard to keep my wallet tidy.
tim17 September 2004apparently they are pretty difficult to tear as well. interesting side note about our currency that i learned on that inquiring minds show is that our money is made from cotton.
beth20 September 2004Polymer substrates being used for monitary notes are a wonderful idea. Understand that you are dealing with a timeless commodity however. Someone, someday will use his/her unparalelled level of greed and desire to mimic even this. There are thousands of styles of papers, making it like looking for the perfect Christmas Tree in a field of thousands. A polymer paper can be broken down and reverse engineered in a lab to yield very specific results. It is undoubtedly the way to go, however since it would require an intense period of study to counterfeit, it would only tend to suggest that the person who would endeavour on such a project would likely produce indistinguishable results. The playing field of participants is lesser but the level with which it is played would be far greater.
Wes 3 October 2004to Wes: the last person to respond
Sounds like the words of the wise to me. :)
That had to be you Wes…the way it was written is exactly how i know you speak. Who else would write such a short, yet compelling view on the subject!! ;)
Love, your sis
sheri22 October 2004I agree with Sheri, sounds like the words of the wise. If you read this Wes, it’s me your old phone pal.
take care
Rachel29 October 2004I lived in Aussieland for a year and was quite smitten by their currency. It seemed to make a great deal of sense to me.
Does Australia have a greater incidence of counterfeiting compared to Canada/Country X?
Andrew 4 November 2004
i’ve seen the aussie bills of which you speak. good for keeping in your boardies while you’re surfing apparently.
mike17 September 2004