Having spent a $1 and $2 note that my wife found in her drawer just last summer, I'd have to say yes..they are still legal.
But when the Canadian bank gets them as deposits or whatever, they send them off to be destroyed. So I wonder how collectable they are? At Thursday, 3 October 2002, "Hu, Alfred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Joe, >But are the old 1$ 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. >
