Toronto police expect to see phony $20 and $100 Canadian bills — the paper kind — hitting stores this season. There has been a rash of such bogus money in London. The new polymer bank notes are safe — they are apparently very difficult to phony up. But even the paper counterfeits now being circulated can be detected if you take a moment. Check the metallic stripe, tilting the note back and forth. The numbers and maple leaves change colour. Feel for the thicker ink on the large number, the shoulders of the portrait and the text Bank of Canada. Hold the bill up to the light and look through it. A small watermark of the portrait appears and dashes on the back of the note become a solid line.
