Bank of England to switch to plastic money (Canada, dollar, government)

[All American NYC]

The trouble with paper money, aside from the fact that we spend it too easily and governments often print too much of it, is that it wears out too fast — especially in balmy places with high humidity.
Bills made of plastic, on the other hand, do not have that problem and can be manufactured with sophisticated security features to vex counterfeiters.

Hard plastic? Strippers will like it way less when I threw it at them now.

[2tall]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Hard plastic? Strippers will like it way less when I threw it at them now.

That's what coins are for.

[weltschmerz]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Hard plastic? Strippers will like it way less when I threw it at them now.

Canada has plastic money. It's not hard plastic.
It also has a nifty see-through window.

[CDusr]

Originally Posted by All American NYC

Hard plastic? Strippers will like it way less when I threw it at them now.

Easy to impregnate with tracking as well. If you invest in those features you would want them to last longer and be harder to degrade.

[katzpaw]

Strippers still do well in Canada - a country with $1 and $2 coins and plastic bills.

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by katzpaw

Strippers still do well in Canada - a country with $1 and $2 coins and plastic bills.

And no useless pennies.

[jambo101]

Most people i know dont like the Canadian plastic bills as they tend to stick together,they also have been known to melt when they get hot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5hyGgf34Jg

Great idea on losing the damn penny and having a $1 and $2 coin

[sanspeur]

Originally Posted by jambo101

Most people i know dont like the Canadian plastic bills as they tend to stick together,they also have been known to melt when they get hot.

RMR: Rick's Rant - Plastic Money - YouTube

Great idea on losing the damn penny and having a $1 and $2 coin

I also do not like the plastic bills, as they do stick together, (Just about lost a fifty...Good thing the clerk was honest) they don't straighten out once folded...I don't know it they would survive a trip through the washer and drier, but I've washed quite a few paper bills and they come out fine...

[revrandy]

Not sure what is different between the Canadian bills and the Australian, but the Australian don't have the sticking issues or melting issues that the Canadian bills have. While I like the look of them, not sure the right formula was used in their making.

[Ceist]

Originally Posted by weltschmerz

Canada has plastic money. It's not hard plastic.
It also has a nifty see-through window.

Same with Australia. We've had them since 1988- I think we were one of the first countries to use plastic polymer and holographic windows. What took England so long?

Banknotes of the Australian dollar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hard to believe the US is still using paper notes and pennies.

(And still uses the old imperial measurement system instead of metric. What's up with that?)