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20 Dollars Queen Elizabeth II
| Issuer | Bank of Canada / Banque du Canada |
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| Year | 2015 |
| Type | Commemorative banknote |
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| Obverse lettering | Canada 20 ISSUE / ÉMISSION 2012 TWENTY • VINGT DOLLARS BANQUE DU CANADA 20 BANK OF CANADA 20 UNE RÈGNE HISTORIQUE A HISTORIC REIGN CE BILLET A COURS LÉGAL / THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER OTTAWA DEPUTY GOVERNOR SOUS-GOUVERNEUR GOUVERNEUR GOVERNOR |
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| Protection type | Hologram, Transparent window, Security thread |
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The polymer $20 introduced in 2012 — of which this 2015-dated example is part of the same series — replaced a cotton-paper note that had become one of the most counterfeited denominations in Canadian circulation. The shift to polymer was not a cosmetic upgrade; RCMP counterfeit detection data from the mid-2000s had made the $20 the priority case for redesign, well ahead of other denominations.
Canadian Bank Note Company produced the series at its Ottawa facility, continuing a relationship with the Bank of Canada stretching back decades. The transparent window with its integrated holographic elements was a direct engineering response to the specific vulnerabilities exposed by the previous series.