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Title: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: suretteda on May 18, 2015, 11:04:52 am
Bank of Canada to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of Queen Elizabeth II

18 May 2015

As announced by the Prime Minister’s Office, the Bank of Canada will contribute to the Government of Canada’s plans to commemorate the historic reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by issuing a commemorative bank note in 2015.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2015/05/bank-canada-issue-commemorative-bank-note/
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: suretteda on May 18, 2015, 11:14:25 am
Commemorative Polymer Series $20 Note (2015)

On 9 September 2015, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will become the longest-reigning sovereign in Canadian history, exceeding the reign of her great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria.

To mark this historic reign, the Bank of Canada will issue a special commemorative bank note in 2015. The note will be a variation of the existing $20 polymer bank note that already features a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The variation will incorporate a special mention of Her Majesty’s reign.

This commemorative note will be publicly unveiled and issued this fall. It will have the same level of security as all other notes in the Polymer series. More information will be available at that time.

Circulation and Distribution
This commemorative bank note will be issued into general circulation and distributed through Canada’s financial institutions.

The Bank is working with financial institutions to ensure that the notes will be available to Canadians across the country. The Bank will issue 40 million commemorative notes. To put this in perspective, there are over 800 million $20 notes in circulation in Canada. The current $20 note will continue to be issued and represent the vast majority of $20s in circulation for the life of the Polymer series.

Both the current Polymer series $20 note and the commemorative note will have full face value.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/commemorative-polymer-series-20-note-2015/
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on May 18, 2015, 11:46:03 am
Wow, that is a surprise. Nearly fifty years since the last commemorative Bank of Canada note, and now we will be getting two in the next two years.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JB-2007 on May 18, 2015, 05:33:06 pm
Nice! And in 2017 a 150th anniversary commemorative note will hit circulation. Not bad!
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Rupiah on May 18, 2015, 09:07:44 pm
Commemorative Polymer Series $20 Note (2015)


The Bank is working with financial institutions to ensure that the notes will be available to Canadians across the country. The Bank will issue 40 million commemorative notes. To put this in perspective, there are over 800 million $20 notes in circulation in Canada. The current $20 note will continue to be issued and represent the vast majority of $20s in circulation for the life of the Polymer series.

Both the current Polymer series $20 note and the commemorative note will have full face value.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/commemorative-polymer-series-20-note-2015/

Based on prefixes that have been put out:

BIE to BIZ - 18 x 10 million = 180
FIL to FIZ - 12 x 10 million = 120
BSA to BSZ - 22 x 10 million = 220
FSA to FSZ - 22 x 10 million = 220
FVA to FVZ - 22 x 10 million = 220
FWA to FWC 3 x 10 million = 30

That is already close to a billion notes based on current prefixes.

Assuming that some are taken out of circulation (remembering that polymers have 2.5 times the life of paper)

How much room does this leave room for more prefixes for non-commemorative issues?

Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: coinsplus on May 20, 2015, 02:25:53 pm
From the Currency Conference presentation by the BoC, it seem that they are launching a new analytics capabilities, by capturing data using the: 

1.   Single Note Inspection Process at the printing facilities;
2.   Bank of Canada Agency Operations Centres (AOCs):  The AOCs in Montréal (MAOC) and Toronto/Mississauga (TAOC) verify the authenticity of bank notes, destroy poor-quality notes, manage inventory reserves at various regional distribution points across Canada and provide support to clients (regional distribution centres/financial institutions); 
3.   Financial Institution's cash processing centres.

What this entails:  BoC wants to track the flow of bank notes, enabling them to use correlation analysis, and for the BoC to better understand the flow of bank notes across the country between financial institutions. 

As a result, the $20 Commemorative Note Issue is being used as a Pilot Proposal for this new data capturing process (by implementing new techniques using BA International).

The BoC will have real-time quality assessment, and circulation performance of it's supply chain.   The currency data used will provide BoC will timely data information on note flows to support counterfeit deterrence, circulation data can be linked to postal code/census data.  It can also provide estimate income by regional note flows, and estimate unreported income.   There will be a better understanding of national note flows and impact on quality of polymer notes.   

The BoC is data mining using the currency's serial numbers, and are using the $20 commemorative polymer note as a pilot for this new process.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Rupiah on May 21, 2015, 07:20:31 pm
From the Currency Conference presentation by the BoC, it seem that they are launching a new analytics capabilities, by capturing data using the: 


Again thx for sharing. From my research using variety of sources the BoC has been experimenting with this idea for a long time. Since 2013 detailed information on every new note is captured through the SNI (Single Note Inspection) process.

They are now going a step further whereby there will be gates at distribution centres like regional banks or regional distribution centres where they will also capture information such as the serial number.

Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Rupiah on May 21, 2015, 07:41:39 pm

As a result, the $20 Commemorative Note Issue is being used as a Pilot Proposal for this new data capturing process (by implementing new techniques using BA International).



Come to think of it I wonder if the $20 Commemorative Note Issue is the right one to use for data capturing. I would have thought that many of these would be held on as keepsake at least for sometime. Unless of course they want to figure out which region have the most collectors :-)

Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: suretteda on August 24, 2015, 10:21:18 am
Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Event
Ottawa, Ontario
Bank of Canada unveils and issues a commemorative bank note to mark the historic reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Details will follow in a media advisory.

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/press/upcoming-events/?date=2015-09-09
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Rupiah on August 26, 2015, 10:20:28 pm
Wednesday, 9 September 2015

Event
Ottawa, Ontario
Bank of Canada unveils and issues a commemorative bank note to mark the historic reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.


I am looking forward to this. Wonder how many from the Ottawa Region might attend the session.

Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Rupiah on September 08, 2015, 09:46:20 pm
What are the chances that this note will begin circulating tomorrow? Reading the press release it appears that the new note will be unveiled at 1:30 pm. I don't think any bank even if they had the notes for distribution will give them out before that time.

It would seem Thursday at the earliest.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JB-2007 on September 08, 2015, 10:21:05 pm
What are the chances that this note will begin circulating tomorrow? Reading the press release it appears that the new note will be unveiled at 1:30 pm. I don't think any bank even if they had the notes for distribution will give them out before that time.

It would seem Thursday at the earliest.
The new $20 is expected to hit circulation Wednesday September 9 but any banks that will receive shipments would probably not be aloud to release them before a certain time.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: suretteda on September 09, 2015, 12:26:33 pm
Bank of Canada to Unveil and Begin Circulating $20 Note Commemorating the Reign of Queen Elizabeth II

9 September 2015

The Bank of Canada will unveil and issue a commemorative $20 note on Wednesday, 9 September 2015. The event will take place during a ceremony hosted by the Governor General of Canada at Rideau Hall.

Please note that the new bank note will be available on-site for purchase by members of the media (cash only).

http://www.bankofcanada.ca/2015/09/bank-canada-unveil-begin-circulating-20-note/
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: AZ on September 09, 2015, 01:53:05 pm
See the design of the commemorative 20 here:
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/security-features/ (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/security-features/)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: AZ on September 09, 2015, 01:55:59 pm
New QEII "Portraits in Time" page at the BOC site:
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/design/portraits-in-time/ (http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/bank-note-series/polymer/design/portraits-in-time/)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: coinsplus on September 09, 2015, 02:05:13 pm
Here's the new $20 Commemorative Note.   The only difference is the hologram strip commemorating Her Majesty's reign - They show a youthful looking Queen Elizabeth, back in her days.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/coinsplus/commemorative20_zps7928ytxs.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v738/coinsplus/commemorative20a_zpsavryq2ir.jpg)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Kelly b. on September 09, 2015, 02:05:26 pm
I'm a little disappointed.  A different holograph on the same old design hardly screams commemorative to me.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: canada-banknotes on September 09, 2015, 02:14:13 pm
Here's the new $20 Commemorative Note.   The only difference is the hologram strip commemorating Her Majesty's reign - They show a youthful looking Queen Elizabeth, back in her days.

This will definitely create a real problem when the $20 polymer missing holograph errors start to appear on eBay.

How will we know if its a regular or commemorative error note ?   :-D
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: AZ on September 09, 2015, 02:19:03 pm
How will we know if its a regular or commemorative error note ? 

The issue year is different  ;)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Tom-Bear on September 09, 2015, 02:31:51 pm
I too am disappointed. I was hoping for much more than just a change to the holographic strip. What a letdown by BOC. I hope they do better with the 2017 issue, but from this big disappointment, I think I'm going to have to drastically lower my expectations.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: BWJM on September 09, 2015, 03:28:01 pm
Folks, this is the first time in nearly 50 years that the Bank of Canada has issued a commemorative note, and only the third time ever.  For a central bank that seems to abhor anything other than the mundane, routine of issuing a standard set of banknotes, this is a monumental event.

Had this been another country who issues commemoratives to celebrate their president waking up in the morning (I'm grossly exaggerating, but I hope I'm making my point), another commemorative would be no big deal and barely worth mention on the back page of the newspaper.

I think we should be giving the Bank of Canada some credit and applauding this note celebrating the Queen's historic reign.

Thank you Your Majesty for your exceptional dedication to your people and your realms.  A commemorative banknote is but a token of our appreciation.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on September 09, 2015, 03:34:01 pm
This commemorative note is about what I was expecting. Very subtle changes were made to the 1954 $1 for the 1967 issue, and this is about the same.

I am very happy that the correct wording "a historic" was used instead of the incorrect "an historic". The BoC deserves major kudos for that.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: suretteda on September 09, 2015, 06:42:43 pm
$20 Commemorative note's serial numbers is FWS0325512

http://www.bankofcanadamuseum.ca/complete-bank-note-series/2011-2013-polymer-series/polymer-series-20-commemorative-note/
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: venga50 on September 09, 2015, 07:28:32 pm
Had this been another country who issues commemoratives to celebrate their president waking up in the morning (I'm grossly exaggerating, but I hope I'm making my point)

We don't need to look to other countries...the Royal Canadian Mint is pretty much there already!  :D
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JoeF on September 09, 2015, 11:17:45 pm
coinsplus,
The picture you posted appears to show pink planchets in the note.  Is this accurate?

I didn't think the polymer notes contained planchets -- I thought this was a technical impossibility.

The Bank of Canada museum picture doesn't appear to have the planchets, but then again I think it may be a mock-up as the issue date appears to be 2012.

Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: coinsplus on September 10, 2015, 02:40:48 am
@JoeF,

Sorry for the confusion.  There are no planchets on the polymer notes.  The red dots corresponded to security features on the polymer notes.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: AZ on September 10, 2015, 10:26:17 am
Well, that was easy. I got the commemorative twenties this morning at main branch of my bank in downtown Toronto. Prefix FWT.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on September 10, 2015, 10:27:27 am
I bet the vast majority of Canadians won't even notice, especially since the new note has received almost no media coverage.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: eyevet on September 10, 2015, 04:20:47 pm
Wow!!!
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on September 10, 2015, 04:40:15 pm
None at main commercial branch of Scotiabank in downtown Vancouver. They said maybe next week.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Bob on September 10, 2015, 04:42:08 pm
I am very happy that the correct wording "a historic" was used instead of the incorrect "an historic". The BoC deserves major kudos for that.

Fowler recommends "an historic", but what does he know.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on September 10, 2015, 04:56:36 pm
Fowler knew nothing about Canadian English in the 21st century. His guide was written 90 years ago in Britain. "An historic" may have been appropriate in Britain at the time, along with "an hippopotamus", "an hotel", "an hysterectomy", and "an hilarious joke". Those may all still be correct in certain dialects like modern Scottish. None of them are correct in Canadian English.

If the H is silent, it gets "an". If not it gets "a". It's that simple.

"I'll be back in an hour." Yes.
"I stated in an hotel last week. It was an historic hotel." Nope.

I don't know what it is about the word "historic" that has people wanting to put "an" in front of it. But I'm glad the Bank of Canada got it right.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: BWJM on September 10, 2015, 08:10:12 pm
I picked up some of the new notes today in Kitchener.  If anyone can't wait, feel free to PM me.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: hdldddpd on September 11, 2015, 12:18:16 am

If the H is silent, it gets "an". If not it gets "a". It's that simple.


Not if your French.  Using that logic our French friends would have "an" before pretty much every word that starts with a "H".
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: 1971HemiCuda on September 11, 2015, 07:51:32 am
I picked up some of the new notes today in Kitchener.  If anyone can't wait, feel free to PM me.
Well if you're just giving them away.  ;)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: BWJM on September 11, 2015, 09:08:56 am
I picked up some of the new notes today in Kitchener.  If anyone can't wait, feel free to PM me.
Well if you're just giving them away.  ;)

I'll give them away as a sign of my gratitude for your most generous and sizeable cash donation to my benevolent fund (aka bank account), or if you front a donation sufficient to earn you platinum sponsor status for my next car.  Or you can just buy the notes from me like what actually happens in the real world. ;) Wise guy!
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: 1971HemiCuda on September 11, 2015, 09:46:17 am
I'll give them away as a sign of my gratitude for your most generous and sizeable cash donation to my benevolent fund (aka bank account), or if you front a donation sufficient to earn you platinum sponsor status for my next car.  Or you can just buy the notes from me like what actually happens in the real world. ;) Wise guy!
:-D
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: npcoins on September 11, 2015, 04:04:31 pm
I picked up some of the new notes today in Kitchener.  If anyone can't wait, feel free to PM me.

I am in Kitchener, I have been to about 10 banks over the last day or 2 and haven't seen any. Which Bank did you get them from?
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on September 11, 2015, 04:08:09 pm
Scotiabank Vancouver Chinatown branch has them. I just picked up 20 from there. FWS.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Dean on September 11, 2015, 09:24:20 pm
I picked up 10 from RBC in Toronto.

FWS 5314418-22  25 25 and FWS 531441317 25 25

Dean
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JohnnyG5 on September 12, 2015, 11:32:22 am
Got mine:

FWS5344589 - 5344593 2/2

John
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: walktothewater on September 12, 2015, 01:59:29 pm
Quote
Got mine:

FWS5344589 - 5344593 2/2

-- I believe they're pretty common now- many branches in the GTA say they have them...
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: johnh727 on September 14, 2015, 08:17:09 pm
Just picked mine up today at a RBC in downtown Calgary.   It helps to know the central teller.  :-*

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/280x200q90/661/PUFvuz.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/f/idPUFvuzj)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: friedsquid on September 14, 2015, 09:03:28 pm
Just picked mine up today at a RBC in downtown Calgary.   It helps to know the central teller.  :-*

Why? Aren't the other tellers capable of handing out twenties :-D
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on September 15, 2015, 07:33:05 pm
Wow, 1000000! Did you get 0999999 or 1000001 too?
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: johnh727 on September 15, 2015, 09:39:07 pm
Sadly we did not find those notes.  The branch had 1000 new 20's in 10X100 note bundles with special BOC wrappers.   The 100 note bundles seemed very mixed up, I was very happy to find this one.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JB-2007 on September 16, 2015, 10:18:19 am
Just picked mine up today at a RBC in downtown Calgary.   It helps to know the central teller.  :-*

(http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/280x200q90/661/PUFvuz.jpg) (http://imageshack.com/f/idPUFvuzj)
Very nice! I bet its a keeper?  :)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: bricker on September 20, 2015, 12:09:11 pm
I've gone thru 6 bundles (600 notes) so far, mainly motivated by the awesome FWS 1000000 note found by johnh77 in Calgary on Sept 14. I'm using two branches of RBC in Montreal and running bundles back and forth one at a time (taking note of the numbers and plates for the SNDB of course). I was able to get within 177 notes (or two bundles) of FWT 1001001, which would be a binary, 2 digit radar, rotator, repeater...i.e. the most awesome note EVER!

But the bundles are not in sequence, serails totally unpredictable, and the tellers are getting frustrated with my clear abuse of the banking system. Apparently they seem to feel they do not exist solely to fulfil my personal need to find certain serial numbers on certain bank notes!  Some of them are friendly and cooperative and others are downright hostile...like johnh77 said it helps if you know the head teller.

So far the coolest note I found is FWT 0995099 28 28 (a four digit repeater) probably UNC-63 since it went thru the automatic counter  >:-(

If the notes come out of the automatic dispenser or an ATM the holograph is ruined, so I always ask for bundles which they keep in the back room, which means two tellers have to fetch them and this can take a while. Ideally, a bundle has a BOC wrapper around it and hologram scratches are minimal. The tellers will run new BOC bundles through their counter at least once unless you specifically ask them not to, in which case A) you will get a lecture about the bank accepting no responsibilty if there is a missing note, and B) you'll get a few UNC-65 gems without counting marks or scratches if you're lucky. I've never had a 'back-room' bundle or brick missing a note so I would definitely go this route.

I think its time to order a brick...single bundles rarely have anything good!   
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: friedsquid on September 20, 2015, 01:30:54 pm
Quote
I was able to get within 177 notes (or two bundles) of FWT 1001001, which would be a binary, 2 digit radar, rotator, repeater...i.e. the most awesome note EVER!
actually it would not be a rotator
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: iwantitall on September 20, 2015, 08:57:29 pm
here are  mine. two banks
{http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img661/3078/mKgAfL.jpg:http://imagizer.imageshack.com/img661/3078/mKgAfL.th.jpg}
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: npcoins on September 22, 2015, 08:33:18 pm
I have been getting mine all at 1 RBC branch, and the bundle is in sequence. I have gotten 11 notes so far on 3 occasions and that are all within about 30 notes of each other.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Dean on September 27, 2015, 10:46:30 am
I wonder if this commemorative note will continue to the end of the polymer frontiers series?  Every day, the queen adds to her historic reign, so it seems appropriate to do so.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: BWJM on September 27, 2015, 02:04:17 pm
I wonder if this commemorative note will continue to the end of the polymer frontiers series?  Every day, the queen adds to her historic reign, so it seems appropriate to do so.
There will be 40,000,000 notes produced, so four prefixes (if they run from 0000000 to 9999999).  I expect that this will be a "mini-series" inside the regular 2012 series, much like the 1967 $1s were surrounded by the 1954s.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Rupiah on September 28, 2015, 09:33:34 pm
here are  mine. two banks

It looks like you had two bricks to work with. To get three radars like that in one brick I think would not be that common.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on November 28, 2015, 11:54:27 am

What this entails:  BoC wants to track the flow of bank notes, enabling them to use correlation analysis, and for the BoC to better understand the flow of bank notes across the country between financial institutions. 

As a result, the $20 Commemorative Note Issue is being used as a Pilot Proposal for this new data capturing process (by implementing new techniques using BA International).

The BoC will have real-time quality assessment, and circulation performance of it's supply chain.   The currency data used will provide BoC will timely data information on note flows to support counterfeit deterrence, circulation data can be linked to postal code/census data.  It can also provide estimate income by regional note flows, and estimate unreported income.   There will be a better understanding of national note flows and impact on quality of polymer notes.   

The BoC is data mining using the currency's serial numbers, and are using the $20 commemorative polymer note as a pilot for this new process.

Does anyone have any more info about this? Over at Where's Willy we are all wondering why only two of the 650 2015 $20s entered so far have been found and hit again. No other current series/denomination has had such a miserable return rate after the first 10 weeks of it being issued. I'm wondering if what I quoted above has anything to do with it.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Dean on January 17, 2016, 06:40:42 pm
"As a result, the $20 Commemorative Note Issue is being used as a Pilot Proposal for this new data capturing process (by implementing new techniques using BA International)."

Does this mean that the entire run of commemorative $20s can be considered test notes?  :)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Farmor on February 14, 2016, 11:37:08 pm
Are people still finding these bills new at their banks or do I have to purchase them on the secondary market?  I have not seen any of these bills in NE Alberta yet.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: Seth on February 15, 2016, 09:14:24 am
I have pulled exactly two of these from ATMs in Vancouver over the last four months, including one last week. Not many around.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: walktothewater on February 15, 2016, 03:48:49 pm
Quote
I have pulled exactly two of these from ATMs

I rarely get these from ATM's but can get between 7-10 per 100 notes withdrawn on average.  Just below 10% yield so they're not diminishing much here in in Ontario. 
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JB-2007 on February 16, 2016, 09:42:10 pm
Are people still finding these bills new at their banks or do I have to purchase them on the secondary market?  I have not seen any of these bills in NE Alberta yet.

interesting... they're not hard to find. i would agree with the ratio mentioned in the previous post made by walktothewater. Roughly 1 in every 10 20's. Perhaps they are more common in major cities.
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: simpson105378 on February 23, 2016, 05:17:02 pm
Out of the Edmonton ATMs I have managed to get all 5 prefixes.  Including 1 of the FWWs. (found in Jan)

So I am sure sooner or later they will make it up to north/east Alberta.

And right now I find maybe 2 of these special bills for every 10 that I take out of the ATMs.

Thanks
 :)
Title: Re: BOC to issue a commemorative bank note marking the historic reign of QEII
Post by: JB-2007 on February 27, 2016, 10:16:50 am
I have noticed that an FWZ note has been reported in the sndb. Does anyone know if its dated 2012 or 2015? I am assuming that its 2012 but you never know.