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The Bank of Canada continues to redecorate the inside of your wallet with the introduction of a new $100 bill. Now being made available across the country, the new note is similar to the redesigned $5 and $10 bills introduced over the past three years. The familiar image of Sir Robert Laird Borden, the Canadian prime minister who led the nation during the First World War, remains on the bill. A more significant change than its appearance is the new note's state-of-the-art security features, designed to combat counterfeiting. These features include a metallic holographic stripe, raised ink, fine-line printing, and improved fluorescence under ultraviolet lighting. To help blind and visually-impaired individuals, the bill also has raised dots and large, high-contrast numerals. Since the unveiling of the new $100 note at a ceremony in Halifax in January, the Bank of Canada has been working with law-enforcement agencies, financial institutions, and the retail and hospitality industries to train employees on the note's security features. Retail Council of Canada President and CEO Diane J. Brisebois welcomed the new bill. "Retailers and their customers have a major stake in the trustworthiness of our currency," she said in a statement. "We are delighted the new $100 bill is harder to counterfeit and contains easy ways of verifying its validity." Canadians can also look for new $20 and $50 bills later this year.
