New British 5 pound note

[Nilgiri]

@waz @Blue Marlin @Abingdonboy et al. Have you handled any of these yet? What are your impressions?

I find the feel to older notes much better...though I have got used to the polymer ones in Canada and Singapore (earlier) now.

 

[Asian.Century]

I saw the new one in London recent trip, it is much cleaner, polymer is better for environment . Polymer notes much better because they last longer and so have to print fewer notes, which means less energy is used in manufacturing and cash transportation. When a polymer note has reached the end of its life it will be recycled into new plastic products. The note is much stronger and many new security features.

Pakistan should introduce polymer notes too.

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

They should have replace the photo of old queen with princess kate as well

 

[T-123456]

Churchill ?

 

[Blue Marlin]

its my first time handling a polymer note. i went to the bank on tuesday and got £100 worth (20)
it feels quiet weird at first and people do want them over the old ones. a trip to the kebab shop came a request of giving them the new fiver and making my order a large instead of a regular, what did i do? i gave it to him. i got my £1.50 change and said bye ( you moron) it has the same value as the old one but it looks weirder thats all.

did you know someone managed to sell 3 brand new £5 notes for £460 pounds! i swear thats true according to the bbc.

i gave it to a friend and he said why has it got a window. of all the things he says, he says that. in about a month or two certainly near Christmas they will be popular. i heard the ten pound note is next. mind you its the oldest anyway

 

[Nilgiri]

did you know someone managed to sell 3 brand new £5 notes for £460 pounds! i swear thats true according to the bbc.

People collect all kinds of things. The serial numbers may have had some meaning to the buyer....and he/she wanted it brand new right from the print press.

Reminds me of the people that buy original comic books still in their wrapper and never open them etc.

I was in Hong Kong during the handover and they auctioned the number plate HK 1997 for many millions of USD if I remember correctly.

In Canada the new polymer notes were also bought/sold with some fanfare when they were rare/novelty at the beginning in manners like you describe as well.

So far they are holding up pretty well now, except that creases from forced folding tend to be quite permanent (plastic deformation and all etc).

Its the old notes that are quite the novelty now heh. I kept some mint ones of those to sell much later potentially or just pass down to my kids etc.

 

[C130]

I hope we stick to paper for the USD. our currency is a classic, and you got people who want to put new faces on the bills and put bright colors and other weird crap on them no ty

 

[Major d1]

hmmm. tie with new pound.

 

[Blue Marlin]

People collect all kinds of things. The serial numbers may have had some meaning to the buyer....and he/she wanted it brand new right from the print press.

Reminds me of the people that buy original comic books still in their wrapper and never open them etc.

I was in Hong Kong during the handover and they auctioned the number plate HK 1997 for many millions of USD if I remember correctly.

In Canada the new polymer notes were also bought/sold with some fanfare when they were rare/novelty at the beginning in manners like you describe as well.

So far they are holding up pretty well now, except that creases from forced folding tend to be quite permanent (plastic deformation and all etc).

Its the old notes that are quite the novelty now heh. I kept some mint ones of those to sell much later potentially or just pass down to my kids etc.

well if the note serial number has AA as the first two characters then its a collectable and worth more than the stock value of the note.

canada does have polymer notes as well as the aussies and its a success. well mind you the governor for the bank of england is canadian (mark carney) maybe he gave the suggestion to go plastic instead of fibre paper

 

[Nilgiri]

well if the note serial number has AA as the first two characters then its a collectable and worth more than the stock value of the note.

canada does have polymer notes as well as the aussies and its a success. well mind you the governor for the bank of england is canadian (mark carney) maybe hes gave the sudgestion to go plastic instead of fibre paper

Yah I had my doubts about polymer at the start when I first came across it (living in Singapore and also when visiting Australia).

For the Singapore one...the first note I saw in polymer was from Brunei (which was/is legal tender in Singapore too)...that must have been the late 90s I think....in fact I think they used the Aussie printing press for that note series.

That idea spread to Singapore too eventually.

So I already knew what to expect when Canada opted for it too. So far its held up decently....but I just prefer the feel of cotton fibre notes. I realise the merits to polymer currency though. I guess its a bit like old books versus e-books...I always like to physically flick a page rather than mouse scroll/button press....but ebooks arent going to get eaten by termites either.

 

[Blue Marlin]

Yah I had my doubts about polymer at the start when I first came across it (living in Singapore and also when visiting Australia).

For the Singapore one...the first note I saw in polymer was from Brunei (which was/is legal tender in Singapore too)...that must have been the late 90s I think....in fact I think they used the Aussie printing press for that note series.

That idea spread to Singapore too eventually.

So I already knew what to expect when Canada opted for it too. So far its held up decently....but I just prefer the feel of cotton fibre notes. I realise the merits to polymer currency though. I guess its a bit like old books versus e-books...I always like to physically flick a page rather than mouse scroll/button press.

you cant beat the feel of the the old note but yes indeed you must understand its reduces the number or replacement notes as they last longer. they do cost more to make but as i said they last longer

 

[Khanate]

Fancy. I'll take it.

Is polymer a cheaper or more expensive solution?

I hope we stick to paper for the USD. our currency is a classic, and you got people who want to put new faces on the bills and put bright colors and other weird crap on them no ty

And there are other environmental benefits as well.

They should have replace the photo of old queen with princess kate as well

Or use a more recent photo of the queen.

 

[Nilgiri]

Is polymer a cheaper or more expensive solution?

Initially more expensive to start, but cheaper overall in the entire life time of the note in circulation.

 

[Proudpakistaniguy]

Or use a more recent photo of the queen.

yes if you have intention to make people scare lol

on serious note best thing about uk currency is that you could have all notes in your pocket because its only 20, 10, 5 pounds notes while 50 pounds exist but you hardly see in daily use unless you make special request to get it from bank

 

[Nilgiri]

yes if you have intention to make people scare lol

on serious note best thing about uk currency is that you could have all notes in your pocket because its only 20, 10, 5 pounds notes while 50 pounds exist but you hardly see in daily use unless you make special request to get it from bank

Same thing with Canada....though we have both 50 and 100 dollar notes (both very rarely used). 5 10 and 20 and you are good to go basically.