Ludensian Gull
Well-known member
Looks like we will have plastic bank notes by 2016 . Apparently they will stay cleaner , last longer and will be washing machine safe .
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Plastic. Money
- Thread starter Ludensian Gull
- Start date
Cowfold Seagull
Fan of the 17 bus
Sounds eminently sensible. Don't know why this wasn't thought of before really.
brightn'ove
cringe
can we have see through bits like the aussies?
If they feature Rachel Riley and Konni Huq getting jiggy with each other on the face of the notes it makes a lot of sense to have them wipeable.
pasty
A different kind of pasty
back in a bit
The Legend that IS Lawro
It's 'canard' Del
brightn'ove
cringe
will they still be any good for snorting charlie?
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
Agreed that it's a good idea. I was in Malaysia recently where they have plastic money for the lower domination notes and I was thinking that it must save them a fortune on printing them because the longevity was years rather than weeks or months for the paper notes. I just wish the likes of India and Egypt do the same. Anyone who's seen the state of the notes over there will know what I mean. They were like used tissue paper at times.
Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
Great idea however there will be a huge cost for conversion of Ticket Vending Machines or you could say a licence to print money for those that operate them.
I have a great name for them. 'Credit Card'. I wonder if it will catch on?
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 70,204
Aussie notes are brilliant, you can stuff 'em in yer boardies and hit the waves and they come out completely unscathed. Only drawback I found is they don't fold. On the plus side, you can't rip the corner off them by accident, or reduce them to mush in the laundrette, they're practically indestructible. Suspect they'd be about the only things to survive a nuclear war along with the cockroaches.
Seagull on the wing
New member
Like that....but how long before someone uses it on a boozy night out to slash someones face.....
Eksman
Active member
So we can't wipe our arse on them anymore then
perth seagull
Well-known member
- Jul 5, 2003
- 5,483
Only two countries I've been to currently use plastic notes, Australia and Vietnam (I haven't been to Canada). It was introduced about 20 years ago in Australia, I always wondered why it took so long for other countries to follow suit.
seagull_in_malaysia
Active member
I think it depends on what kind of plastic is used. The Malaysian ones aren't "waxy" like some countries so they don't stick together.
Twinkle Toes
Growing old disgracefully
The Monster Raving Loony Party had a similar idea back in the 80's. It was their solution to the currency sinking on the international markets. They proposed that all UK notes should be covered in plastic - so they would float by design. Sharp cookies them Loonies.