I was just down in the convenience store in my clients’ office building in downtown Toronto and heard from the store owner that there are lots of counterfeit bills appearing today. She showed me an example $10 bill, which looked fine except it was missing the metallic strip on the left side of the bill.
Here’s a guide to recognizing the differences between real and counterfeit Canadian bills from the Bank of Canada:
Good post. I can do all but #6 while sitting at my desk (I now that sounds scatological [thanks Paul Strachan!]).
I’d often wondered what store clerks were doing when they raised a bill above their heads; I’d figured out it was nothing to do with what my dad did when he raised the wafer and the goblet of wine.
Although there IS a certain element of worship of the dollar in Toronto …
Comment by Chris Greaves — June 2, 2010 @ 09:38