Joe, But are the old 1$ and 2$ banknotes still legal to use? I remember the greenish yellow one dollar note with a picture of Ottawa on the back.
alfred -----Original Message----- From: Joseph B. Reid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:49 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:22439] Re: $1 coins (was Metric clothing labels) Han wrote in USMA 22435: >And you must know that the Italian Finance Minister wants the adoption of a >1 euro note because 1. the USA has a 1 dollar note (He could just as well >propose the adoption of ifp in the EU as it is the US system (sic) system of >units), 2. it is supposed to be anti-inflationary. People are supposed to be >keeping bills in their pockets and spending coins by him. No way. What >nonsense. > >Han > Canada invalidated its $1 and $2 notes some years ago and replaced them with coins.
