I didn't know we had polymer notes

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$5.00 BANK of CANADA 2006 - POLYMER NOTE. AOR9007535


Item number: 330374930399 You know where
 
 

I saw this last night.  Weird.

I can see why the new prefixes have been slowly coming my way.

I can also see why the "Printed in 2008" era had much fewer notes printed.

I can also see why there were far fewer $5 prefixes out may way during 2008 and beyond.  It's a wonder I've been seeing the same AO* and earlier AP* prefixes for some time now and they seem to be holding up well.  The banks probably have no real need to order bricks of new $5 bills (except for the bigger branches).

And I can also see why all the other provinces are well into the "Printed in 2009" era, and I have yet to see APY, APZ, AAA, and AAB (I did see a couple of AAC's, though).  The "Printed in 2009" era will eventually see light in my province sooner or later - probably after the winter dry spell ends by March or April 2010.  But for now, I can just bet the new prefix that will see light during the Christmas season will be APY, then they'll likely skip over APZ, AAA, and AAB for my province.

What does this have to do with the topic to which you are replying?

What does this have to do with the topic to which you are replying?

Sorry, I didn't even know there was a rule with staying strictly on-topic.

But in a way, it does have a tie-in to the $5 bills made of polymer and explaining why the newer prefixes are slow coming here.  Correct me if I'm mistaken.

It's in the code of conduct. You might want to take a look through that.

I'm still failing to see how your post is even remotely connected to the original topic except for the fact that you both refer to $5 notes.

For the record (and I have confirmed this with the Bank of Canada), there have been no circulating Bank of Canada notes made of polymer to date. Test notes have been produced years ago, but these were never circulated.

Closing topic.