Talk:Polymer banknote
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It is stated at a certain point in the article that the RBA developed polymer banknotes as a response to forgery. This is false; security was very much a secondary concern. The actual motivation was increased durability; there should be, or was, or something, a page on this, on the RBA website. I'll hunt it up at some point.
The Northern Irish polymer £5 note issued by the Northern Bank, although released only as a summer. --Garethhamilton 17:08, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
I have added a footnote on this to the article which also mentions that this is the only note which will not be recalled by the bank after the raid on its HQ. (See Northern Bank for details of the robbery.) If you think this would be better suited to the main body of the text, please move it there! --Garethhamilton 13:23, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)
" The transparent window where the OCD is located in a key security feature of the polymer banknote, it is easily identifiable allowing anyone to be able to authenticate a banknote. " What does that mean? Is "OCD" meant to be "OVD". Should "located in" be "located is"? -- SGBailey 17:28, 2005 Jan 17 (UTC)
Let's hope Petaholmes, the original author, isn't pursuing a career in spelling.
This article states that holograms can't be incorporated in to paper notes surely that is not true? --Pcxbjh 21:40, 2005 Jan 17 (UTC)
- I don't believe holograms can be printed directly onto the paper. However, it is true that a number of paper notes incorporate holograms. I believe this is generally through the use of a substrate that the hologram is "printed" on and then somehow afixed or incorporated into the paper. --Webgeer 23:53, 17 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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- IIRC, the Swiss Francs that I saw in 2001 had holograms on them. Curiously enough, Australian notes don't have holograms; perhaps the RBA feels that microprinting, watermarking and the window is enough. The window is also embossed, at least on 10s and 20s. Alphax (t) (c) (e) 06:29, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
Trading as Securency the RBA with Innovia Films, a subsidiary of the UCB group, market BOPP as Guardian for countries with their own banknote printing facilities. Surely that should be without ? Wizzy 07:30, Jan 18, 2005 (UTC)
- They offer a full service including printing the notes, but they also sell the polymer to counties that can print their own --nixie 02:08, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] upsides/downsides
Australian polymer notes have a texture to them and so are not as "slippery" as one might suppose. As with any currency, you just get used to their properties - that they don't fold etc. When I pull a $20 out of my wallet, I don't think "wow! A plastic note!"
Another upside is that they are not absorbent like paper and are less likely to act as disease vecors. They also are waterproof, survive the washing machine better, and don't continuously shed paper fibres.
[edit] Disadvantages?
Presumably there are some disadvantages in using polymer bank notes or everyone else would have switched to them? --jmb 12:18, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
- Try putting one through a hot clothes drier or accidently using a hot iron they tend to melt. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.36.134.22 (talk • contribs) 06:31, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
[edit] US Currency?
Recently, around the time of the introduction of the new Washington Dollar coin in the US, there was some noise about a poll which had been taken on whether the US public would support the phasing out of a dollar bill altogether, as Canada has done. The US public is against it. The federal government would like to replace the bills with coins, largely for durability reasons. Probably in the Wikipedia wheresgeorge article there is something about the average US $1 bill's lasting only about 22 months before it is so badly worn that it needs to be replaced. before seeing this article I'd wondered why US $1 bills couldn't be printed on Tyvek. Does anyone have additional information on whether the US government is considering resurrecting the earlier $1-on-Tyvek trials, or perhaps printing on Guardian? It would seem to make sense, though I could imagine the US federal government's being leery of importing "paper" for currency at all, even from a friendly country like Australia. Perhaps a license could be obtained for Guardian's use if Tyvek isn't suitable. Anyone know whom in the federal government one would make noise to about doing this? Xenophon777 01:26, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
- You can read in this article why Tyvek has proven to be a poor material for banknotes (doesn't hold ink very well; the ink tends to smudge easily, especially in humid climates. Tyvek does have its uses though... it's a very good insulating material.) I'm sure the goverment would see it as a security concern to have to import the material to make its notes... perhaps they'd consider purchasing a license so they could produce it themselves... however as they tend to be resistant to change (largely responding to the electorate, which overall isn't too fond of changing the notes) it doesn't seem likely any time soon. Just look at the fights when they tried to eliminate the penny and one dollar bill, for example. You want to suggest it, this kind of things are ultimately done legislatively, so write various Congressman if you're so inclined. 71.237.10.137 (talk) 07:39, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Solomons
It is stated that the Solomon Islands has only issued commemorative polymer notes. This is untrue. The polymer $2 was released for general circulation and not commemoratively, so I've changed the mention in the article.Tarcus 07:43, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Fiji notes
This from mthe Fiji dollar article "The Reserve Bank of Fiji Governor Savenaca Narube announced on 11 February 2006 that polymer plastic coated notes would be introduced, featuring images of local people, culture, trade and industry. The new notes, which would be ready for distribution in early 2007, would vary in size, Narube said." I have seen the RBF brochure o\and it appears they are in no way polymer. Anyone else know anything? Tarcus 06:50, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
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