Canada unveils new $20 bill featuring portrait of King Charles
The vertical banknote features King Charles III, the first new monarch to appear on a Canadian banknote in more than 70 years.
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Coverage at a glance
- First observed by CurrentWire: CBC News · Sep 3, 2026 at 1:32 PM ET
- Coverage span: 1h 50m
- Coverage: 3 reports from 3 independent publications
- Coverage growth: 1 → 3 publications in 2h 0m
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BBC NewsTier A
Canada unveils new $20 bill featuring portrait of King Charles(opens original report in a new tab)CBC NewsTier A
Bank of Canada unveils new vertical $20 bill featuring King Charles(opens original report in a new tab)This is the first Canadian paper currency to feature Charles, whose image replaces that of the late Queen Elizabeth II. — CBC News
Global NewsTier B
New vertical $20 bill featuring King Charles III unveiled by Bank of Canada(opens original report in a new tab)This is the first Canadian paper currency to feature King Charles III, whose image replaces that of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II. — Global News
How coverage developed
First report from CBC News
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Story updateGlobal News joined coverage
Story updateCoverage went from 1 to 2 sources
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Story updateBBC News joined coverage
Story updateCoverage went from 2 to 3 sources
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Signal breakdown
CurrentWire ranked this story 85.8 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.
- Freshness
- 29.8 of 35
- Source authority
- 20 of 20
- Coverage breadth
- 11.1 of 20
- Geographic relevance
- 10 of 10
- Story prominence
- 10 of 10
- Velocity
- 5 of 5
Strongest signal: source authority, 20 of 20. How each signal is calculated.
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