I have noticed that, for a few years now, we saw no new $50 prefixes beyond HHA. It gets me wondering if (nearly) all of the Journey $50s are fully replaced now, and with the life cycle of $50s being much greater than the smaller denominations, maybe there is no need to print any more new $50s for quite a while.
New $100s are still being printed, and it makes me wonder if demand for $50 notes dropped, and some of the $50 notes are being replaced with $100s to meet a higher demand?
I realize also that new banknotes are being trickled out in Atlantic Canada. It seems like we no longer see new bills in bundles or bricks anymore. I have a feeling that only one new prefix for $5s is released to Newfoundland once a year (and it's likely still Lane-Macklem signatures at this point). However, I did discover two INT $5s in the 7-million range reported somewhere in Newfoundland - could it be possible that the Rogers-Macklem signatures may finally have arrived in Newfoundland three years after being first reported to the SNDB?
Having said that, it seems as if three years is how long Newfoundlanders have to wait to see new prefixes between the first reporting on the SNDB and when they arrive to Newfoundland. If this holds true, I expect the Lane-Macklem $20s will finally appear in Newfoundland as early as spring. But 2026 may be do or die for the Lane-Macklem $20s in my province, as the King Charles $20s are being released early next year. I don't know if I will ever see L-M $20s, or if the W-P $20s will stop at FZS later this year, and after that they may jump to the King Charles $20s?
