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New Canadian Currency Features Civil Rights Activist, Wins Innovation Award

The $10 bill is purple, contains polymers, and is vertically oriented. It features the first image of a Canadian woman on the country's currency.
Canada's new $10 banknote, featuring civil rights activist Viola Desmond, won "Bank Note of the Year" Award for 2018.

Updated at 10:24 p.m. ET

Canada's newest version of its $10 bill, a vertical format note released late last year and featuring a female civil rights activist, has won

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