How to tell if your cash is counterfeit
Over the past week, questions have come up in the Battlefords about counterfeit Canadian currency.
On more than one instance, fake bills in the forms of $50 and $100 denominations have popped up around the city, leading to one arrest. Although the new banknotes the government came out with a few years ago may seem to be counterfeit-proof, some fake notes may go through undetected.
The Bank of Canada takes counterfeiting very seriously, and say on their website that they continuously research and develop new notes with innovative security features that are hard to counterfeit. The Bank of Canada said the bills are easy to check to see if they are authentic.
Security features on the new bills include the texture of the note, raised ink, colour shifting, 3D printing, transparency on the notes, metallic symbols and clear windows on the bill, the Bank of Canada says.