TORONTO — Hundreds of thousands of cash-handling machines across the country have had to be upgraded to handle Canada’s distinctive new $10 bill, featuring a vertical portrait of Nova Scotia civil rights advocate Viola Desmond, while some others still awaiting changes are rejecting the distinctive banknotes. Ensuring vending and other machines can read the new polymer note requires a software upgrade for each device. Spencer Baxter, owner of Value Vending Services in Nova Scotia, said his 125 devices simply won’t accept the new bills. By contrast, a total of 158 million $10 notes were in circulation at the end of November, the central bank said. “The beautiful $10 bill is vertical in its image, which has thrown off vending machines,” she said.

Source: National Post January 06, 2019 20:03 UTC