Ensuring vending and other machines can read the new polymer note requires a software upgrade for each device. A sample of the new $10 Canadian bill, featuring civil rights icon Viola Desmond, is seen in this undated handout image from the Bank of Canada. ( THE CANADIAN PRESS )Spencer Baxter, owner of Value Vending Services in Nova Scotia, said his 125 devices simply won’t accept the new bills. Article Continued Below“The beautiful $10 bill is vertical in its image, which has thrown off vending machines,” she said. The note, the bank said, keeps the machine-readable features of Canada’s other polymer notes and is printed on the same material.

Source: thestar January 06, 2019 18:45 UTC