Cold hard Canadian
cash is getting a cold new Canadian look. Icy winter sports will be the theme
decorating the back side of the new five-dollar bill being unveiled today by
the Bank of Canada in Montreal .
But an image of the bill was displayed Monday on eBay, where the bill was
being offered for auction.
While the fiver's
front will still feature the stern countenance of the early 20th century prime
minister, Wilfrid Laurier, the back will contain the all-Canadian scene of
youngsters playing shinny on a frozen pond, another child riding a toboggan and
what appears to be a father holding his daughter's hand as they go skating out
of doors.
The unveiling will
take place at the old Montreal Forum, former home of the NHL's Montreal
Canadiens franchise. Former Habs star Jean Beliveau, Kim St-Pierre, a goalie
for Canada 's
Olympic gold-medal-winning women's hockey team, and Myriam Bedard, an Olympic
gold medallist in biathlon, are expected to be on hand when Finance Minster Paul
Martin and David Dodge, the governor of the Bank of Canada, introduce the bill.
Vancouver Sun and Ottawa Citizen
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