Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz speaks after unveiling of the Canada 150 commemorative bank note, in Ottawa on Friday, April 7, 2017. The Bank of Canada has placed an Easter egg on its website promoting the new $10 bill. If visitors to the website enter the right series of keys, it plays the national anthem and fills the screen with a shower of tiny animated banknotes.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
April 10, 2017 - 12:26 PM
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada has placed an Easter egg on its website promoting the new $10 bill.
If visitors to the website enter the right series of keys, it plays the national anthem and fills the screen with a shower of tiny animated banknotes.
The central bank unveiled the design for the new $10 bank note last week to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
The key sequence to unlock the secret is known as the Konami code because it was first included in a video game by the Japanese company of the same name in 1986.
The cheat code has since been used in dozens of other games.
The code is: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a.
"The Bank of Canada's web team thought the Konami code was a fun way to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary of Confederation," Bank of Canada spokeswoman Josianne Menard said.
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On the web:
http://www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/banknote150/
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