In 2002, the Bank of Canada officially objected to "any mutilation or defacement of banknotes", which could shorten the lifespan of the currency.
Old five dollar bills series#
These features replaced the iridescent maple leaves that were in the issue of 2002.Īn example of "Spocking" using a portrait of Laurier from 1907, a similar portrait to the one used on the Canadian Journey Series $5-bill.įor years, Canadians have been known to deface certain editions of the five-dollar note by using ink pens to alter Laurier's features to resemble Spock, the Star Trek character portrayed by Leonard Nimoy.
Instead, on 15 November 2006, the Bank of Canada released an updated version of the five-dollar note (issue of 2006) with updated security features, including a holographic stripe found in the rest of the series, and a watermark of Laurier that appears when held to the light. Due to the overwhelmingly negative response, plans for the five-dollar coin were discarded. Some pointed out the note's most recent redesign took place only four years prior, while many others were averse to the idea of carrying yet another coin in their wallets and pockets. Canadians resoundingly rejected and ridiculed the idea of a five-dollar coin. The money saved in making the coin would then fund the Canadian Olympic team. In 2005, the Canadian government polled its citizens on the idea of retiring the five-dollar note, replacing it with a five-dollar coin. Salmon seiner BCP 45 in Johnstone Strait, British ColumbiaĬhildren playing hockey, tobogganing, and skating excerpt from " The Hockey Sweater" by Roch Carrier Security features include 'BANK OF CANADA' and 'BANQUE DU CANADA' visible only under ultraviolet light, and yellow dots representing the EURion constellation on the reverse side. This note features raised, textured printing as well as a special tactile feature (similar to Braille dots) to assist the blind in identifying the denomination. In the image, one of the hockey players, notably a girl, wears a hockey sweater number 9 to honour Canadian hockey legend Maurice Richard, idolized in Carrier's story. We lived in three places-the school, the church and the skating rink-but our real life was on the skating rink. The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. Nous vivions en trois lieux: l'école, l'église et la patinoire mais la vraie vie était sur la patinoire. Les hivers de mon enfance étaient des saisons longues, longues. The reverse side depicts children engaged in winter sports, including sledding, ice skating, and hockey this is accompanied by a quotation from Roch Carrier's short story, " The Hockey Sweater": The front of the previous note also features Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the coat of arms, and a picture of the West Block of the Parliament buildings, but in a different layout from the current note. The bill features a portrait of Canada's seventh prime minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier and hologram of the Mackenzie Tower from the West Block on Parliament Hill on the front the back features an astronaut working with Dextre attached to the Canadarm2.
The current five- Canadian dollar note, part of the Frontier Series, is predominantly blue and was introduced 7 November 2013, using the same technology found in the $20, $50 and $100.
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