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This is why I like polymer money. I have yet to hear of any fake plastic notes out there. One documentary said that buying that special plastic film is harder t
by 21 8y ago
This is why I like polymer money. I have yet to hear of any fake plastic notes out there. One documentary said that buying that special plastic film is harder than getting military explosives.
I did hear about people passing paper printed fake notes instead of polymer ones, but you have to be at a whole new level of carelessness to be fooled by this one.
- Proven 8y agoApparently you don't - see, you're using fake state-issued "money" and are completely oblivious to the problem.
- samsonradu 8y agoWe have it in Romania too and it's great, very hard to tear and also waterproof.
- noja 8y agoTraditional cotton notes are waterproof and I've never torn one (but you could swap it at a bank if you did).
- reaperducer 8y agoWhen I was a teen-ager, I had a bad habit of running into the ocean on a whim. Invariably, I had my wallet on me. I was always amazed that the banknotes never seemed affected, even though I knew they were made of cotton.
- extra88 8y agoA dip in the ocean is much less harsh than the much more common environment of money left in a pants pocket when they go in a washer and dryer.
- AnimalMuppet 8y agoYou had your wallet on you where? Presumably not in your hand, but in your pants. Your pants weren't affected much, either, even if they were also made of cotton. Why would you expect the banknotes to be different?
- reaperducer 8y agoIt was the 70's. So the pants were probably polyester! Ha!
- api_or_ipa 8y ago'legacy' banknotes are mostly made from cotton, not wood pulp which gives them the strength to stay cohesive even when wet, much like your clothes in the washing machine.
- amelius 8y agoHow about bleaching low-value notes, and printing high-value designs on top of them?
- MartinMcGirk 8y agoIn the UK, bank notes are different sizes depending on their value. So that goes a long way towards stopping that kind of thing.
- amelius 8y agoIsn't it true that if a banknote is torn in two, you can go to the bank and have it replaced?
- asdsa5325 8y agoThat's true in America too. (You have to have both halves in your possession, of course).
- JoshTriplett 8y agoAnecdotally, you can do so without both halves, as long as the piece you have is clearly the majority of the bill. I don't know either the relevant law or common institutional policies regarding that, though.
- extra88 8y agoBanks might accept such more-than-half bills as a courtesy to their customers but ultimately it's the US Treasury that will take them and redeem them. If you have a bunch of partially destroyed notes, you should go to them. http://bep.gov/services/currencyredemption.html http://bep.gov/services/currencyredemption.html https://www.npr.org/2017/07/07/535920428/the-office-where-mutilated-money-gets-repaired https://www.npr.org/2017/07/07/535920428/the-office-where-mu...
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- wluu 8y agoThe polymer notes were invented as a response to fake bank notes (Australian $10 notes in fact). Here’s an article on it http://theconversation.com/proceeds-of-crime-how-polymer-banknotes-were-invented-34642 http://theconversation.com/proceeds-of-crime-how-polymer-ban...
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoI've recently heard of fake "new" £10 notes in UK. Example news story (I heard of it from a trusted acquaintance in a different region) - https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/forged-notes-prompt-warning-heres-1151991 https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/forge...