Canada’s rolling out polymer bank notes. In November 2011 the $100 was introduced and last week, the $50 was issued. Other denominations will all be out by late 2013. Which country was the first to offer polymer bank notes for general circulation?

• Taiwan
• Australia
• Japan
• Sweden

In 2010, the RCMP says 53,536 counterfeit Canadian bank notes were passed. Which denomination of fake bills was passed the most?

• $5
• $20
• $100
• $1000

In 2010, 39 percent of all counterfeit bank notes were passed and seized in which province?

• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• Quebec
• Nova Scotia

In what year was the toonie introduced?

• 1981
• 1987
• 1996
• 2000

Ottawa-based Canadian Bank Note Company and B.A International produce all of Canada’s circulated bank notes. The Royal Canadian Mint in which city produces all of Canada’s circulated coins?

• Halifax
• Ottawa
• Winnipeg
• Saskatoon

In the mid-1990s, a German man made headlines when he was caught with $11 million in forged Canadian “currency”. What was so unique about this bust?

• He had forged $10,000 bills, a denomination Canada had never issued
• The $100 bills featured a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, not Sir Robert Borden
• The man had forged Canadian Tire Money
• The bills appeared to be from “Kanada”

The Royal Canadian Mint has created a 10 kilogram gold coin at 99.999% purity. Featuring “The Spirit of Haida Gwaii” design from artist Bill Reid, the coin has the world’s highest denomination for a 10-kg. gold coin. What is the face value?

• $5,000
• $25,000
• $100,000
• $500,000

In 1969 one of Canada’s Big 5 banks introduced the Automated Bank Machine to the marketplace. Known as the “24-hour cash dispenser”, the machine was activated by a key and allowed clients to withdraw a maximum of $30. Which bank brought the ABM to Canada?

• Bank of British North America
• National Bank
• CIBC
• Bank of Montreal

A Canadian $20 bill is 6 x 2.75 inches. A U.S. one dollar bill is 6.1 x 2.6 inches. In 1998, to celebrate more than 300 years of independence, the government of which country issued the world’s largest bank note, measuring 14 x 8.5 inches?

• Philippines
• Jamaica
• Canada
• Mexico

Which of the following Canadian coins is the heaviest in weight?

• Penny / 1 cent coin
• Nickel / 5 cent coin
• Dime / 10 cent coin
• Quarter / 25 cent coin