Path: utzoo!genat!perle!kevin
From: kevin@perle.UUCP (Kevin Pickard)
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: $5 notes
Keywords: what does the number mean??
Message-ID: <434@perle.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jan 89 04:36:22 GMT
References: <2009@water.waterloo.edu>
Reply-To: kevin@perle.UUCP (Kevin Pickard)
Distribution: can
Organization: Perle Systems Limited  Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Lines: 38

In article <2009@water.waterloo.edu> gfroyle@water.waterloo.edu (G.F.Royle) writes:
>I've just been gazing at some $5 notes, and I notice that the beak of
>the belted kingfisher points towards (well just above actually) a small
>2-digit number nestling at the foot of a bush. I only have 3 notes at hand
>and I've had a 42, a 43 and a 45. Can anyone tell me what it is?
>
>Gordon

     Actually I have noticed this on both the front and back
of all the bill denominations.

        Sampling:
         $2 front - Just above 'G' in 'THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER'.
            back  - Approximately 1" from left at base of grass.
         $5 front - Just above third 'E' in 'CE BILLET A COURS LEGAL'.
            back  - Just to right of first tree (as described above).
        $10 front - Just below 'D' in 'DEPUTY GOVERNOR'.
            back  - At lower right corner of 'DIX' (top left of bill).
        $20 front - Approximately 1" from left at base of bill.
            back  - Just to the right of 'TWENTY' (top left of bill).

     And now some trivia questions for the suitably bored.

     How many times  do  the  words  "Bank  Of  Canada"  (or
"Banque  du Canada") appear on the new style (ie. $2 and $5)
bills?  (Hint: Answer is greater than two)

     And along similar lines, how many times does the  digit
'2'  (or  '5')  appear  on  these  same bills?  Do not count
digits contained within the  serial  number  or  within  the
interesting  anomalies  discussed  above.   (Hint: Answer is
greater than four)

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