Is There Any Metal In The New Bills?

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gidjit Pillar of the Community Canada 1980 Posts	Posted 04/18/2016 5:43 pm a friend at work asked me today if thee was any metal in our new polymer bills,.i thought that was an interesting question.so I told him I would ask you guys; does the hologram contain any metal? I'm not sure how its made. this question came up as I was mentioning I was going out metal detecting tonight and he asked if my detector would find a bill,,,i guess I can try it but if there is any metal at all in the hologram I doubt there is enough to register on the detector Report this Post to the Staff

gidjit Pillar of the Community Canada 1980 Posts	Posted 04/18/2016 8:44 pm well I went to a spot about 5 mins form home. I have been eyeing this spot for quite some time and I finally decided to scout it out. was there for about 20 mins and found some junk metal and these items a 1970 dog tag a 73(small bust) quarter and a 61 quarter. but I forgot to test a bill to see if the metal detector would pick it up, but at least I found a new close spot to hunt! Report this Post to the Staff
o-train Pillar of the Community Canada 519 Posts	Posted 04/18/2016 9:15 pm A guy I work with in Hamilton was talking to me today about going out metal detecting (not bills though). I would be very surprised if there was any metal in a polymer bill that was detectable but I'm not 100% sure. Report this Post to the Staff
AgCoinAu Pillar of the Community Canada 3049 Posts	Posted 04/19/2016 11:30 am I was pretty sure that back in the 80's and 90's the U.S. had a small security strip that was embeded into the note, although I'm not sure it had any metal content. I don't think any notes have had a metallic filament embedded into the notes... I think the closest thing would be the 80's "bird series" notes had a security feature that had metallic ink which highligted the denomination... but I don't think that would be detectable. Report this Post to the Staff
Paisa Valued Member Canada 387 Posts	Posted 04/21/2016 9:28 pm Try this link at the Bank of Canada for the description of the "metallic" portrait of the Queen on the Hologram. http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknote...ymer/design/ I believe all the holograms on Polymer notes have metallic content. Not sure if it can be detected by a metal detector. Report this Post to the Staff
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