New Journey $100 note may be released soon(rumour)

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Hi, it's me.

According to kobecurrency, there is rumour that there will be a NEW Journey $100 note released very soon.  If this is true, we should see the new $100 note very soon, followed by the new Journey $20 in the fall, and the new $50 in early 2005.

Should the new $100 note be issued, all existing 1975 and 1988 design $100's shall be withdrawn from circulation quickly.

The new Journey $100 would be the ultimate solution for anticounterfeiting.

If anyone knows for sure when the new $100 note will be released, please let me know.

Later, Jonathan

"The new Journey $100 would be the ultimate solution for anticounterfeiting."

Well, it better be.

IMO, the security features on the new Journey $5's and $10's just suck.  

I had a bank teller try to pass me a counterfeit Journey $10.  "It has the gold maple leaves intact, therefore it's real."  She had no idea about the hidden numeral to the left of the portrait, looked at me like I was from Mars when I told her about the lack of intaglio ink, she couldn't (or wouldn't) examine the microprint for legibility (which I could tell was an inkjet job with my bare eyes.)

An embedded thread or a watermark like most other countries use would help.  At least the average Joe could hold a note up to the light to check for that.  Or polymer, but It seems like we'll have to wait for the next generation of notes for that.

The word is out!!!

The new $100 note definitely will be released on March 17th!  Tell a friend!

A word to the wise is in order:  Set aside $100 and be the first in line as the banks open.  You'll be glad you did!  The new $100's may go very fast, so be the first in line to get your hands on the new $100 notes, before they go like hot cakes!

Only 59 more days, and counting down...

May the Luck of the Irish be with you.  

Jonathan

Hey,


Found this which has all necc. Information..

I cant wait.

http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca/en/press/2004/pr04-1.htm

Any guess as to what the prefix will be on the new Journey 100 this march. Seeing that we are at BJW now we will still likely see BJY and perhaps BJZ released before the new 100 comes out. So at this point my guess would be that the first new 100 will have serial number prefix CJA or EJA but something tells me that we will still have knight-Dodge. I guess we will next week!  

Hi,

I would venture to guess that the new $100 would begin with BJY or Z and with the new Jenkins-Dodge combo.  Remember that $100s lifespan is very long (approx. 8 years) therefore I believe that BJW is the last of the Bird series these notes probably having been printed years ago (as far back as 2002 when Thiessen stepped down).

Also, recall that when the Bird series 50s and 100s came out, they began with new prefixes (EHP and AJN respectively) and new signatures (Thiessen Crow).  Compare this with the 1971 tens which bore the T/C signatures before they were replaced with the bird series.  In this case, there was a new printer (as indicated by the ADA prefix) having jumped from FHS (Last of the 71s) The F series was resumed when there was a switch back to that printer this time with the Journey series.

In conclusion, when the BoC decides to change the signature plates seems to be an arbitrary decision and the introduction of a new series seems to be the perfect excuse to make such a change.

Hope this helps (or not...)
Dean

Actually, the final prefix on the 1971 $10 notes was FDS, not FHS, which was on the 1988 Birds $50 note.

Jonathan

Hello, it's me again.

I have noticed that both the 1975 and 1988 issues of $100 notes were printed by BABN, and I haven't seen any CBN $100's as of yet.  So, I am predicting that the CBN will possibly print the new Journey $100's, beginning with prefix EJA, but we have to wait another 55 days, and counting...  54... 53... 52...

Jonathan

Thanks,
I stand corrected it was indeed FDS for the '71s.

Dean.

The clock is ticking, and I am ready.

Only 53 days to go...  52... 51...  what the heck!  We still have a ways to go.  It will be here faster than you can say "Mississippi!"  Or should I say "Mississauga?"

Jonathan

I saw this little image of the new one hundred on the telus.net webpage..

{:http://www.mytelus.com/news_images/100_dollar_bill_2004HP2.gif}

I put aside $500 to go to a bank branch on March 17th. Provided they have them, and I hope no long line-ups. I always experienced dreadful lineups at banks in Hong Kong when new notes are issued.

I have some cash put aside in a secret place, and it will not be touched until I get up from bed on March 17th.  I will set my alarm extra early that Wednesday morning so that I can catch the bus and head on down to the main Scotiabank branch before it even opens!

I am so excited that I might not sleep well out of excitement that Tuesday night!

Later, Jonathan