Sunday, February 17, 2013

Lets hope the U.S. doesn't follow Canada's lead of issuing Plastic Money

Nicholos Billard's $100 bills after they melted
when left near a radiator.
When Nicholos Billard's employer at an Ontario construction company gave him eight newly printed Canadian $100 bills as a Christmas bonus in 2011, he tossed them in an empty coffee can. 
The next morning, they were shriveled—by the heat of a nearby radiator, says his mother, who made local headlines when she tried to get the bills replaced. 
[...] 
"I avoid getting those bills if I can," says Mr. Billard's mother, Mona. While the serial numbers on her son's bills were still legible, several banks refused to replace them, she said. Finally, last summer, the Bank of Canada, the central bank, exchanged them.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Not in the USA