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CREDIT: Jonathan Hayward, Canadian Press Canada’s new $20 bill includes such security features as raised ink and fine-line printing.
VANCOUVER – Canada‘s new $20 bank note — bearing masterpieces by the internationally recognized late B.C. Haida artist Bill Reid on the back and incorporating anti-counterfeiting features similar to those on the recently issued $100 note — was released into circulation in a ceremony in Vancouver Wednesday.
The new note, first unveiled last month, will be available across the country within two weeks.
Its anti-counterfeiting measures include a metallic holographic stripe, a watermarked portrait, a windowed colour-shifting thread woven into the paper, and a see-through number.
The new note also incorporates such enhanced security features as raised ink (intaglio), fine-line printing, and improved red and yellow fluorescence under ultraviolet light.
A new security-enhanced $50 bill is scheduled to be released by the end of the year.
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