Bank of England planning polymer notes; five pound featuring Churchill expected in 2016

Tuesday, September 10th 2013 - 22:59 UTC

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The Bank of England is moving closer to ditching paper pounds and switching to plastic banknotes instead. It would follow in the footsteps of Australia, Canada and others. The central bank said it would ask the public its opinion before taking a decision in December on whether to adopt polymer pounds which also would be smaller than current notes. Read full article

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Anglotino
Another great Aussie invention!

(Polymer notes, not currency! LOL)
Sep 11th, 2013 - 12:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Does polymer generate static?

I only ask, because with the current notes, every time I pull money out of my pockets, I get a terrible shock!!!
Sep 11th, 2013 - 01:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Faz
RGland are sticking to paper, otherwise where would they get toilet paper?
Sep 11th, 2013 - 04:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
What l like about polymer notes is that they don't get destroyed by your washing machine.
@3 Faz,
ha ha, good one!
Sep 11th, 2013 - 05:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
British banknotes are not really paper. The basic material is actually rag.
Sep 11th, 2013 - 06:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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A_Voice
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It could be worse.....it could be that when you pull money out of your pockets everyone else gets a shock!
Sep 11th, 2013 - 06:53 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Can't see a problem with this. The use of cash is diminishing anyway. I only really use it to buy my lunch.
Sep 11th, 2013 - 09:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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yankeeboy
7. People living in failed states like to save in actual bank notes. The USA ships a lot of notes into these countries.
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