CanadaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s $10 bill will look a bit different this year to commemorate the countryÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s 150th birthday.
A new high-tech $10 bill was launched Thursday at the Royal B.C. Museum and portrays CanadaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s first prime minister Sir John A. Macdonald, principal architect of Canadian federalism Sir George Etienne Cartier, the first woman elected to the House of Commons Agnes Macphail and James Gladstone, CanadaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s first senator of First Nations origin.
The new $10 bill officially unveiled at the museum this morning by the . Visitors exchanged old bills for new ones
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The design also incorporates other cultural elements: a reproduction of the artwork OwlÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s Bouquet by world-renowned Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak and the distinctive arrow sash pattern, an important symbol of the Métis nation that also pays homage to the French-Canadian voyageurs of the 18th century.
The reverse of the note features the rugged splendour of CanadaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s lands and landscape.
It also has new security features including the colour-shifting image of an arch found in the memorial chamber on Parliament Hill, as well as three-dimensional maple leaves.
The bill will be available at financial institutions across the country.