over_clox@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agoI have $5 genuine United States dollars here.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1291arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1282arrow-down1imageI have $5 genuine United States dollars here.lemmy.worldover_clox@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareover_clox@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoHuh, well TIL that Canada switched from cotton paper money to polymer back in 2011. https://thefinancialgeek.com/blog/canadian-money-made-of/ I was once paid for some side job with a Canadian $20 bill, but that was well before 2011, probably more like around 2005. The bank gave me about $18.50 US dollars in exchange at the time.
Huh, well TIL that Canada switched from cotton paper money to polymer back in 2011.
https://thefinancialgeek.com/blog/canadian-money-made-of/
I was once paid for some side job with a Canadian $20 bill, but that was well before 2011, probably more like around 2005. The bank gave me about $18.50 US dollars in exchange at the time.