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Week 491 - Anyone know anything about Canadian Notes?!?!

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Q: During the mid-1990s the Bank of Canada issued a series of experimental banknotes printed on a substrate consisting of a polymer core with paper on each side to assess their durability. Name the denomination of these banknotes and the total number issued by the Bank.

 

 

Good luck everyone & have a great weekend!

 

 

Our first place winner will receive a coupon for 1 note graded under the Standard grading tier. (You must have an active account with PMG, call PMG for details) There will also be a runner up prize given to a randomly selected player with the correct answer.

 

 

REMINDER: The Numisma-Quest ends on Saturday at midnight EST. Entries after that time will not be valid. See the Trivia info post for more details.

 

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1 In the mid-1990s, the Bank issued 100,000 experimental $5 notes of the then-current Birds of Canada series printed on a substrate consisting of a polymer core with paper on each side to assess their durability. The supplier could not produce the material on a sufficient scale, however, and the Bank discontinued the project

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In the mid-1990s, the Bank issued 100,000 experimental $5 notes of the

then-current Birds of Canada series printed on a substrate consisting of

a polymer core with paper on each side to assess their durability. The

supplier could not produce the material on a sufficient scale, however,

and the Bank discontinued the project.

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Q: During the mid-1990s the Bank of Canada issued a series of experimental banknotes printed on a substrate consisting of a polymer core with paper on each side to assess their durability. Name the denomination of these banknotes and the total number issued by the Bank.

 

 

A: 100,000 $5 notes (from the then-current Birds of Canada series)

 

 

Great job everyone and congratulations to our winner mhardin2413 and our runner up ritter.

 

Don't forget to stop by this Friday for NGC's question!

 

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