Date: 26 March 2012
Colour:Red
Polymer Series.
Front: Polymer banknote. Maple leaf; William Lyon Mackenzie King. The Centre Block of Parliament.
Back: Canadian Coast Guard Ship Amundsen a T1200 Class Medium Arctic icebreaker and Arctic research vessel. A map of Canada's northern region. Maple leaf. Holographic stripe with image of Mackenzie King. Artic is written in Inuktitut text. A language of Canada's Inuit population. This is the first Canadian banknote to include a language other than French or English which are the two official languages of Canada.
Canada's northern regional claim has been disputed in recent years by the United States (Alaska), Russia, Denmark (Greenland), and Norway. The legal status of the Northwest Passage is disputed: Canada considers it to be part of its internal waters according to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Any navigation through the Northwest Passage will take ships through Canadian territorial waters between northern arctic islands. The United States and other nations consider it an international strait and have right of passage. Since 2007 with the melting of the Arctic shelf this water way has become fully navigable.
Watermark: None
Printer: Canadian Bank Note Company
Size: 152.4 x 69.85 mm (6.0 x 2.75 inches)
Varieties
*a. Signature Maclem-Carney. Printed in 2011.
* Note listed in Krause Catalog.
Catalog Value:
a. $60 - UNC, $50 - VF
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