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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description | The Bank of Canada has unveiled a commemorative $10 banknote to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation. It's only the fourth time in Canada's history that it has created a commemorative banknote. First issue 1 june 2017 The new banknote features some security features that are being deployed in Canada for the first time. Maple leaves that appear to be printed in 3D, but are in fact flat to the touch. The most eye-catching new feature is a magnetic ink that changes colour from blue to green when it's tilted, used to illustrate stained glass in an arched window from the Memorial Chamber in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill. The chamber honours Canadian men and women who give their lives in military service. You can see the Assomption sash pattern at the top and bottom edges of the banknote's face. It's an important symbol in Métis and French-Canadian culture. In the note's transparent window, there's a holographic rendering of Owl's Bouquet, a stonecut and stencil print originally made by the late Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bank-of-canada-unveils-new-10-banknote-for-canada-150-celebrations-1.4060501 |
| Front Description | The front of the bill features portraits of Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, and fellow Father of Confederation Sir George-Étienne Cartier, Canada's first female member of Parliament, Agnes MacPhail, and James Gladstone, Canada's first senator from a treaty First Nation the Kainai (Blood) Tribe. The presence of Gladstone, whose Blackfoot name is Akay-na-muka, is not the only nod to Canada's Indigenous peoples on the note. |
| Back Description | The reverse of the bill was designed to include a variety of Canadian vistas, based on public feedback on what Canadians wanted to see on the bill. The landscapes include the Lions and Capilano Lake from British Columbia, fields of Prairie wheat, the Canadian Shield as seen in Quebec, a view of the Atlantic Ocean from Cape Bonavista in Newfoundland and Labrador and the northern lights as they would be seen in Wood Buffalo National Park. |
| Catalog code | P#112 |
| Height | 70.00 mm |
| Width | 153.00 mm |
| Material | Polymer |
| Printed by | CANADIAN BANK NOTE COMPANY LIMITED (CBNC) |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
