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Smell Your New Polymer Bills.

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http://read.thestar.com/?origref=ht...-maple-syrup

It works! The new Canadian polymer bills smell like maple syrup. I'm not sure if everyone here already knew this or not but I tested a few of my friends and none of them knew about this and found it pretty interesting. The mint says they didn't intend for this to happen but I find it kind of a hard to believe coincidence.

Just thought I'd share. Try it.
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 Posted 03/19/2014  6:31 pm  Show Profile   Check thedollarman's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add thedollarman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I was aware of this when the $100s first came out. I was shown on my birthday when I received one. But still pretty cool! Thanks for posting, I forgot all about this.
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 Posted 03/19/2014  7:40 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Libertad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
They smell like ink hot off the presses to me.
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 Posted 03/19/2014  8:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Solidifier to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
^^^ haha I agree. Maple syrup smells a lot better
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 Posted 03/19/2014  9:10 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add nalaberong to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Smell is notoriously inaccurate... I really doubt these smell like anything specific.
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 Posted 03/19/2014  9:13 pm  Show Profile   Check thedollarman's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add thedollarman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The one I smelled was crisp and uncirculated and it was a bit off but I could tell the similarity. I only smelled the $100.
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 Posted 03/19/2014  9:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add yingyang to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It just a illusion, they say it smell like maple syrup and you think it does.
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 Posted 03/19/2014  10:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tfred to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Its a new aid for the visually impaired.
The $100 smells like maple syrup
the $50 smells like cherry
the $20 smells like mint
the $10 smells like grape
the $5 smells like blueberry

;)
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 Posted 03/19/2014  10:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add persistnt to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Is that true t fred ........I did hear about Maple syrup before.......Actually I thought that with the pre-spray of Laqueur, so ink will stick to plastic note....that new notes would pose a mild health risk from Laquer smell ......
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No persistnt it's not true... he's just joking...
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 Posted 03/19/2014  11:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Libertad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
When I still used to buy CDs, the best and most elaborate albums had the best printing and the ink was stinky - same smell as the polymer bills.
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I've got 18 crisp 100 polymers in my wallet right now, should smell like an IHOP when I open it up, it doesn't.
"Dipping" is not considered cleaning...
-from PCGS website
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Ok it sound like it just the ink then...

You guys are no fun.
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Now I'm hungry for pancakes! *sigh*
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LOL... Mexico has the same type of polymer bills. When I was there, I smelled them, and just like Canada, they smelled like Maple Syrup! So, I would say coincidence!
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Quote:
Mexico has the same type of polymer bills. When I was there, I smelled them, and just like Canada, they smelled like Maple Syrup


Are you sure it did not smell like TEQUILA
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