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The Queen is technically our head of state. Yours too, I suppose.
The $2 and $1000 bills are no longer in circulation, so she's just down to the one now. $2 bills went out about 15 years ago I think, so the only ones left at this point are collecter's iterms, and the $1000 wasn't exactly common to begin with.
Once upon a time all of our currency featured the King and/or Queen. I'd guess the move towards historical figures from Canada's past is a symbolic thing, but I'm really not sure.
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I get through cryin' and I'm sadder than before I wept
I get through thinkin' now, and the thoughts have left my head
I get through speakin' and I can't remember, not a word that I said
- Ben Harper, Show Me A Little Shame
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