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They say “paper” but it was a cotton blend much like USD. They’re shit talking old notes because it’s good for business. I haven’t touched cash in a while but I
by phphphphp 4y ago
They say “paper” but it was a cotton blend much like USD. They’re shit talking old notes because it’s good for business. I haven’t touched cash in a while but I don’t recall any meaningful difference in the durability of “paper” GBP and USD.
Edit: the additional context for this article is at the time the notes were released, there was a lot of anger when people discovered the notes contained animal products.
- eckesicle 4y agoThere's £2Bn worth of fivers in circulation. A note weighs 0.7grams and contains less than 0.05% tallow. That means that between one and three cows supplied the tallow necessary to produce the entire monetary supply of the country. This anger seems somewhat misguided considering the number of animals that are butchered for food in the UK every day.
- smegger001 4y agounless your a hindu.
- BlueTemplar 4y agoThis being the UK, sheep is more likely ?
- cameronh90 4y agoThe polymer ones always look pristine, which is nice, and they're fairly difficult to tear.. however as soon as you do manage to get a nick in them, they tear right the way across almost immediately. I suspect most notes end up being replaced mainly because they get tatty rather than being torn, though, and I would bet a high denomination that by that metric, polymer notes last far longer.
- porknubbins 4y agoPolymer notes would be yet another vector for plastics in our bodies and environment though. Especially for store clerks who already get a measurable amount of exposure from plastic receipts.