Canadian twenty dollar bill

The Canadian twenty dollar bill is one of the most common banknotes of Canadian currency. It is the main banknote dispensed by ATMs. The current twenty dollar bill is green in colour. It features, on the front, a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, the coat of arms, and a picture of the Parliament buildings. On the reverse side is a wilderness scene with two Common Loons. All Canadian banknotes underwent a major reprint in 1991, partially to incorporate some of the latest anti-forgery methods. Bills continue to be improved, with the latest design to be revealed on August 25, 2004 and to begin circulation on September 29. Notes are printed on paper composed of 100% cotton at two Ottawa companies contracted for the purpose. They are the Canadian Bank Note Company and BA International Inc., a part of the Giesecke & Devrient GmbH group of companies. Each bill is sprinkled with special green ink dots that glow when exposed to ultraviolet light. The ink can be scraped off, so worn bills tend to have fewer, if any, glowing dots. These will be replaced with more permanent ultraviolet detected threads in the new bills.\nThe twenty is the lowest denomination to have a holographic sticker showing the amount in the top left side that changes from gold to green when tilted. The front has a wavy background of extremely small but still clear numeral 20s. This "micro-printed" background is very hard to copy. Some of the printing on a twenty is textured so that it is easy to feel, quite different from normal printing. As well as textured printing, the new 2004 design will incorporate tactile dots for the blind indicating the denomination. As with all modern Canadian banknotes, all text is in both English and French.

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\n*Bank of Canada banknote site