There have been three attempts to counterfeit the new Canadian polymer bills, the Bank of Canada has revealed. The information came at an event yesterday at Sunnybrook Hospital veterans wing where the bank was introducing the new $20 bill with the WW I Vimy Memorial on the back. The forgeries are crude, it is said, and easy to detect. A public information campaign is underway to explain new security features on the notes, including see-through holographic images on the front. The polymer current was invented in Australia and introduced there in 1988. It is now produced by 30 countries.
