Vancouver is first city to see new plastic $10 bills

Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney unveils the new polymer $5 and $10 bank notes during a press conference at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. (Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Vancouver will be the first city in Canada to get a look at the new polymer ten dollar note.

The bill is being unveiled today in a ceremony in Vancouver, while the polymer five dollar bill is launched during a matching event in Montreal.

The unveiling of the two bills completes the Bank of Canada's release of the polymer series -- with the 20, 50 and 100 dollar bills already in circulation.

The new plastic-like bills are more durable than their paper counterparts and can also include features that make them harder to counterfeit.

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