Sunday, May 26, 2013

New Money Smells Like Maple Syrup




http://www.montrealgazette.com/business/Canadians+Bank+Canada+about+maple+syrup+smell+bank+notes/8437038/story.html

Montreal Gazette
26 May 2013


By Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - The penny may be history, but some Canadians suspect the Bank of Canada has been circulating a new scent along with its plastic bank notes.

Dozens of people who contacted the bank in the months after the polymer notes first appeared asked about a secret scratch-and-sniff patch that apparently smells like maple syrup. [...]