I am glad to see Turing on the note I am also glad we (Switzerland) no longer put people on our bank notes which eliminates the constant arguments of who should be on them.
When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes?
When the British queen dies does Canada have to issue new notes?
For one, I would love to have Aladdin Trudeau on a few notes.
Probably, but so is the monarchy.
If the British monarchy is abolished while the present monarch is alive, there will never be a time when “the British Queen” dies.
Obviously not.
(Only Bank of Scotland did it + a few notes from the Bank of England, so it wasn’t so common and didn’t feel like a tradition)
And that the “British” queen is still queen of Canada although under a separate title meaning a person could be the head monarch of Canada and not head monarch of Britain.
But, to answer the original question: the coins issued under the reign of King George continued to be legal tender until they were phased out naturally, I think the process may have accelerated a bit but for sure there were people using money with King George until 1952.
Shilling coins were in circulation until 1997 - it is really quite recently that King George on cash was phased out entirely.
A new, smaller 5p coin was introduced in June 1990, and the shilling-size 5p coin (and remaining shilling coins) were withdrawn at the end of that year.
In theory, some very old shillings and florins from 1816 could still have been in circulation in 1990 and 1992. But, the Royal Mint and coin collectors would have removed those whenever they could (only pre-1947 ones by Mint for the silver content).
(If you’re unaware, Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the UK monarch happens to be the same person as the Canadian monarch.)
Once you give every artifact of culture away in the name of efficiency and 'not having to make a decision' ...
... then we'll have a Starbucks on every corner and they can issue the currency?
Technically in Canada it would be King Charles (if that's the name he takes) on one of the notes.
Canada also has on their notes a woman of colour who got into a minor verbal debate about 100 years ago about race as an example of 'social progress'?
Turing is a sleek choice for the notes, because he's gay it has woke points, but he did break the code and possibly enabled a tipping point that literally saved the world. Which is a thing that kind of deserves recognition ...
Edit: and of course there was his public shaming and subsequent post mortem redemption, which adds a major factor to his life drama. I think his legacy has the right mix of legitimacy and dramatic intrigue such that he will be one of the well remembered people when we look back several hundred years from now.
I mean, have you seen them? They're gorgeous. Using Swiss cash was my favorite part of living in Switzerland aside from the gorgeous nature.
Take a look: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_the_Swiss_franc#N....
I'm saying that elevating people who have materially contributed to the nation, it's character and history is a positive cultural artefact and it's worth an occasional fuss.