> Is it true that in the picture on a Canadian two-dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag?
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'Fraid not. :-) Here's the official answer from the Bank of Canada:

Bank of Canada website: flags over Parliament Hill
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/banknotes/general/faq/index.html#Q4

Question 4: What flag appears atop the Parliament Buildings on the various bank notes?
Answer: The following flags appear on the Parliament Buildings featured on the bank notes of the current series (1986).

Maple Leaf - $2, $1000
Red Ensign - $5, $10 & $50
Union Jack - $100


> Gri"does Canada even make two-dollar bills?"shny

Well, at least up until five years ago, we did. And they were quite nice, too, although personally I think I preferred the 1954-1965 version of that note. Doesn't the U.S. still carry $2 notes as legal tender?

The 1986 Canadian $2 bill was withdrawn in February 1996 and replaced with the newfangled bi-metallic $2 coin (stamped with a polar-bear in aluminum bronze, and ringed with bright nickel). We call this polo coin the "twooney" in Eastern Canada.

The last series for the 1986 $2 bill was a dark terra cotta in colour, with pastel colours in a rainbow pattern. It displayed Queen Elizabeth II, the north side of the Centre Block of the Parliament Buildings, the library in Ottawa, and the Canadian Maple Leaf flag above the Peace Tower on the face side. There are two Robins on the back side.

Wolf "appreciates how Canadian cash is at least as artfully colourful as Monopoly money and Canadian Tire coupons...we expect nothing less" spirit