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lakeside013104
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Aug 25, 2014

New Canadian currency melts?

I went to local bank today to exchange U.S. currency for Canadian for our upcoming RV trip through Canada to Alaska. As I was preparing to exit the bank, the teller mentioned to me NOT to leave the new Canadian currency in the glove box of a vehicle or a hot camper because it was made of plastic and it would melt and that would render it unusable and of ZERO value.

Just what I need is a fist full of useless plastic! :E Is it true that these new Canadian bills will melt in hot environments and have any of my fellow RVers had issues with them?

Lakeside

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  • nomad297's avatar
    nomad297
    Explorer
    Aug 25, 2014
    rwbradley wrote:
    There is also an urban myth going around that it will crack and splinter if you take it out in the extreme cold but I have never had any issues.

    There is also an urban myth that if you slam a toonie on the ground hard enough the gold center part will pop out of the silver outer ring. Tried that one as well with no luck.


    I never heard of a toonie before. Now, I know what it is.

    Bruce
  • wilber1's avatar
    wilber1
    Explorer
    Aug 25, 2014
    These notes have been used in Europe and Australia for years. They aren't new.
  • rwbradley's avatar
    rwbradley
    Explorer
    Aug 25, 2014
    There is also an urban myth going around that it will crack and splinter if you take it out in the extreme cold but I have never had any issues.

    There is also an urban myth that if you slam a toonie on the ground hard enough the gold center part will pop out of the silver outer ring. Tried that one as well with no luck.
  • vic46's avatar
    vic46
    Explorer
    Aug 25, 2014
    I find 246'F quite high, which is the temperature too which the notes were tested.

    Appears to me to be another URBAN MYTH!

    A paper (cotton) note would not survive the 246'F. torture test, never mind boiling etc.!
  • 2oldman's avatar
    2oldman
    Explorer II
    Aug 25, 2014
    My reading says that they don't melt "easily" as the OP story would indicate.

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