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Canadian Notes => Canadian Journey Notes => Topic started by: Marc on September 22, 2012, 11:20:47 pm
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I was wondering if anyone thinks we'll see any M/C signed Journey $10's? I'm starting to think we'll have to wait for the polymers to see that. Lately I've been getting lots of brand new $10's in the BF* prefix range, mostly BFF-BFU. These were printed 2009, so I wonder if the BoC has lots of reserves...
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Very doubtfull. The new $10 series will be out in about 6 months or so. See this link as this question has been asked before:
http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=13046.0 (http://www.cdnpapermoney.com/forum/index.php?topic=13046.0)
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I have a feeling that BFW (printed in 2009) is going to be the last prefix of the Journey era $10 notes. There is so little demand for $10 notes nowadays. Low demand is probably allowing for the 2009 print year stock to be distributed very slowly. So far this year, I have only seen BFU and maybe BFT this year. There may be another new prefix come Christmas, but I don't know. Besides, coming across a $10 bill in my change is almost like getting the bars on a pull-tab ticket. I don't even remember the last time I saw a $10 bill in my change.
If I were to bet on the earliest new prefix for the Polymer $10's, my guess will be FEW. And FEW would be a perfectly fitting prefix for a banknote becoming scarcer - seeing there are very FEW of them in circulation. :D
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The $5 and $10 notes, will be unveiled and issued by the end of 2013. Further details regarding timelines for the unveiling and issuance of these notes will be made available in the coming months.
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Many of us members (on the forum & the old "gangs" of us who met at shows) used to speculate on a similar vein but with the change-over of original Journey $10 and the new upgraded security thread $10.00 notes (the ending prefixes, etc). And happily there were many surprises, including the less common 2003 BER & the scarcer BEL prefixes.
These are exciting times- with the new polymer $20 arriving (& the unknown change-overs) but I think next year's $5 & $10 change overs could be even more interesting. The M/C $5 release is only a trickle at this point and there is no reason to rule out that their release numbers won't pick up & there could indeed be an additional trickle of M/C $10 before their polymer versions enter circulation. The BOC has been full of surprises in the past- why not a repeat performance?