Cash or plastic?

[Meadbh]

It appears this question will soon be moot in Canada: cash will be plastic!

New plastic Canadian money will attack fraud

 

[REWahoo]

The bills are expected to have a revamped design, including a small window on the bill that prevents photocopying.

With the winter temps you guys have up there I'd hope the window is triple-glazed low-e glass...

 

[RonBoyd]

What took so long? The "fabric of our lives" has, actually, been plastic for many years.

 

[mickeyd]

With the winter temps you guys have up there I'd hope the window is triple-glazed low-e glass...

Seems as though I racall seeing that window deal on the Mexican Peso when I visited there last Fall.

 

[mbooth]

It appears this question will soon be moot in Canada: cash will be plastic!

New plastic Canadian money will attack fraud

Our Commonwealth brethren are a little behind us Aussies :

"In 1988, Australia introduced its first polymer bank note and in 1996, Australia became the first country in the world to have a complete series of polymer notes " http://www.dfat.gov.au/facts/currency.html

Cheers

 

[Onward]

I liked dealing with the plastic Australian notes. Very durable, and easy to distinguish among denominations.

 

[CuppaJoe]

Should make money laundering easier, literally. I often want to wash my hands after handling the filthy lucre. Note to self: add credit cards to the laundry bin.

 

[TromboneAl]

It makes you think: How long (if ever) before we go to all-electronic money? That is, credit, debit, and universal gift cards instead of bills and coins?

If it's hack-proof, it sure has a lot of advantages over physical currency (which is not hack-proof, by the way).

 

[Alan]

Our Commonwealth brethren are a little behind us Aussies :

"In 1988, Australia introduced its first polymer bank note and in 1996, Australia became the first country in the world to have a complete series of polymer notes " About Australia: Our Currency

Cheers

I kept a $5 note from our trip there in 1989 as I was so impressed at the time. It does seem to be taking a long time for the rest of the world to start using plastic notes.