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08 October, 2023

...Canada - Polymer Series ND2021-2022 s. Timothy Lane and Tiff Macklem

Canada
Kanada

Banque du Canada
Bank of Canada
Currency - Dollar (CND)
 
Below are the four polymer notes issued with the signatures of Timothy Lane and Tiff Macklem. I believed these notes were reportedly issued between 2021 and 2022. These are reprints for the current polymer series, first introduced in 2012.  
 
Five Dollars
Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (b.1841-1919)
 
Front - Sir Henri Charles Wilfrid Laurier (b.1841-1919), a lawyer, statesman and politician, was the seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911. He was a member of Parliament from 1874 to until his sudden death in 1919.
 
Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)
Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)
Date of Release - nd2022
Dimensions - 154mm x 70.5mm
 
Back - Canadarm 2 and Dextre or officially known as Space Station Remote Manipulator System and Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator respectively. Dextre is also sometimes known as Canada hand. The Canadarm 2 was first launched in 2001. The design on the back features the Canadarm2 and Dextre at work in space. Next to it is a Canada Astronaut floating in space. 

Canadarm 2 and Dextre

Twenty Dollars
Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926-2022)
 
Front - Queen Elizabeth the Second (b.1926-2022). Queen Elizabeth was the longest serving monarch of the United Kingdom from 1952 to until her death in 2022. There is nothing much to say about her as most of us would have already known her story. Apart from Canada, she was also the Head of State for a few other Commonwealth nations around the world, including Australia and New Zealand.
 
Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)
Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)
Date of Release - nd2022
Dimensions - 153.5mm x 70mm

Back - Canadian National Vimy Memorial. This is a war memorial built in 1936, dedicated to the memory of Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed and all Canadian soldiers killed or presumed dead in France during the First World War (1914-1918). As per the name, this monument is located in the town of Vimy in northern France.

Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France

Fifty Dollars
William Lyon Mackenzie King (b.1874-1950)
 
Front - The portrait of William Lyon Mackenzie King. King was born in Kitchener, Ontario and was the country's 10th Prime Minister and held the top job from 1921 to 1926; 1926 to 1930; and 1935 to 1948. He was first elected to parliament in 1908, and was the leader of the Liberal Party for 29 years from 1919 to 1948, when he retired from politics.
 
Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)
Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)
Date of Release - nd2021
Dimensions - 153.5mm x 70mm
 
Back - CCGS Amundsen Research Icebreaker (CCGS - Canadian Coast Guard Ship). This vessel is operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, first entered service in 1979. Initially, it was first named as Franklin, and later renamed it as Sir John Franklin in 1980. It then ceased operation in 1996, and in 2003, the vessel recommissioned and renamed it to Amundsen, and has served as an Arctic research vessel since then. An Inuktitut word meaning arctic (ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ) is also printed on the note, above the vessel, Amundsen.
 
CCGS Amundsen Research Icebreaker

One Hundred Dollars
Sir Robert Laird Borden (b.1854-1937)

Front - Portrait of Sir Robert Laird Borden (b.1854-1937). Sir Borden was born in Nova Scotia and was the country's 8th Prime Minister from 1911 to 1920, and the leader of the Conservative Party from 1901 to 1920. He took over the party as their leader following the defeat in the 1900 general election. He was first elected to the parliament in 1896. 
 
Governor - Tiff Macklem (since 2020)
Deputy Governor - Timothy Lane (tenure 2009-2022)
Date of Release - nd2021
Dimensions - 153mm x 70.5mm
 
Back - The theme on the back is Medical innovation. It features a female scientist looking through a microscope, the invention of the peacemaker, a DNA double helix, and a vial of insulin.

Medical innovation theme

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