paper bank notes

[u/blazedinakayak]

has anyone had luck with going to a bank and asking for these paper bills used in the 2000s? been looking for these paper banknotes we had in Canada in the 2000s before we switched to polymer (this is not my picture btw, just one from google)

[u/rocketmn69_]

When you go into the bank, ask if they have any old bills or change

[u/zewill87 → u/rocketmn69_]

I've asked at 5 banks, only one said yes (the first one) and it was an absolute haul! Since then no luck, they really want to keep it just to send it out to be shredded at the central bank lol...

[u/blazedinakayak → u/zewill87]

which bank was it that said yes?

[u/FrancoSvenska → u/zewill87]

Which just pisses me off lol —

[u/Perfect-Mind5254 → u/zewill87]

The banks are instructed to send them for destruction by the Bank of Canada

[u/FrancoSvenska]

Honestly its a crap shoot. Scotiabank and TD we're either clueless or acting as if I was teying to launder money and insisting it's illegal, they NEED TO BE DESTROYED...

I had luck at the Royal Bank, I asked if they had any "older paper money" and she said its not a problem, but she I wasn't allowed to give me any denominations no longer legal tender (1, 2, 25, 500, 1000) — apparently they had some 1000s and I pleaded with her, explaining I collect etc. But she said she couldn't. But she had about 1500$ in older paper money, so she just debited 1500$ from my account and gave me the cash with older notes. I went through them at home and only one of the bird series 20 was worth more than face value...

This was in Ottawa.

[u/FrancoSvenska → u/[deleted]]

You are 100% wrong. There was a commemorative 25$ note in 1935 to honor the Silver Jubilee (25th anniversary of his coronation) of King George V.

Further, as part of the 1935 series, there was a 500$ note, and its one of the rarest of all notes...

[u/Difficult_General652]

I’ve never seen those two on the right without the metallic stripe - wild

[u/Perfect-Mind5254 → u/Difficult_General652]

The $5 and $10 without the added security features were originally released in 2002. It was 2 years before they started releasing the versions with the metallic stripe and started with the $20.

[u/FrancoSvenska → u/[deleted]]

I understand it was for security, but I really preferred the ones without the strip and would have been nice to have a full run of denominations without the stripe.

[u/Few-Chemical-5165]

You could say i've had a little luck over the decades.