England's plastic currency



Bank of England might add polymer bank notes to the mix of sterling currency. CNN's Jim Boulden explains.

Comments

  1. Dude at the end had a Timbs wallet lol
  2. when i came to the uk from aus I was honestly shocked that they still used shitty paper money. customers at work complain that the new 5 pound notes feel cheap and I'm like, are you retarded? this IS money? that other shit is just paper ffs haha. i have lived my whole life with polymer notes and i didn't even know this washing machine thing was a thing. paper money is archaic
  3. Though, they are not durable in very cold temperatures... They crack and break.
  4. Romania was first country in Europe to implement a full set of polymer notes , since 1999 :D
  5. wait wait wait can american money not survive a washing machine???
  6. us dollars suk
  7. Fuck you, it's the uk not England
  8. Really terrible to tip gogo dancers.
  9. now you can't rip one by accident
  10. I think they are pretty save now.
  11. And in Sweden We got new notes But they're still "paper"...
  12. p.s. we dont say paying with plastic. nobody says that. we say folding and shrapnel for notes and coins respectively. but not plastic. yours truly, from straya
  13. yes lets reduce the cost of printing money for our beloved governments
  14. SOON INDIA WILL BRING THESE NOTES
  15. it makes it harder to fake
  16. YEAH STRAYA CUNTS!!!
  17. Also far less likely to transmit bacteria as the surface is less optimal for bacteria survival than cotton paper.
  18. This is clearly fake :/
  19. It's just a temporary fix. Pliuging a leak just until we reach the dock. I.e. in a decade or two all transactions will be digital anyway.


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