Canadian fifty-dollar note |This article relies on references to
primary sources. (September 2011)| |Value:||50 Canadian dollars|
|Security Features:||Transparent windows, metallic portrait,
Watermark, EURion constellation, Tactile marks, Registration
device, Raised printing, UV printing| |Design:||William Lyon
Mackenzie King| |Design:||CCGS Amundsen; "Arctic" in Inuktitut;
map of the northern regions of Canada| From the Frontier
(2011-present) series. The current 50-dollar note is
predominantly red in colour and is printed on polymer (plastic),
not paper. In addition to being more durable than the cotton-
based paper they replaced, the new notes are also more secure.
It was introduced into circulation on March 26, 2012 and is part
of the new Polymer Series (2011). The front features a portrait
of William Lyon Mackenzie King. A large clear window runs
vertically on the right hand side of the face of the note. There
is a second metallic hologram image of King on the top of the
window, and a hologram image of th