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This is new... isn't it? - robkelk - 12-01-2018 A bit of history: Nine years before the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Viola Desmond refused to give up her seat in the whites-only section of a movie theatre, and was arrested for refusing to comply with segregationist laws. In 2010, she posthumously received a free pardon for the act. (In Canada, a "free pardon" is different from a regular pardon in that it is an official acknowledgment that no wrongdoing took place.) This week, Viola Desmond replaced Sir John A. Macdonald on the $10 bill. (For you folks in the USA, this is like replacing George Washington with Rosa Parks. Analogies don't get much more exact than this.) Here's a photo of the new bill, held by Viola Desmond's sister: Now for the question: Is this the first time a regular circulation bill has been designed in portrait orientation instead of landscape orientation? (It's definitely a first in Canada.) RE: This is new... isn't it? - Rajvik - 12-01-2018 I won't swear either way, but I seem to recall some Asian currency having a portrait style orientation rather than a landscape, I could be wrong though. RE: This is new... isn't it? - classicdrogn - 12-02-2018 Designed for the smartphone generation. RE: This is new... isn't it? - Labster - 12-02-2018 I do know that Australian currency is printed upside-down, because it's more convenient on that side of the world.