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[QUOTE]The new plastic £10 note has been unveiled by Bank of England governor Mark Carney at Winchester Cathedral.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The note, which follows the polymer £5, will be issued on 14 September and has a portrait of Jane Austen on the 200th anniversary of the author's death.
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40641382[/url]
I really do like our new £5 a lot. I've seen them undergo all kinds of shit and come out looking almost as crisp as the day they were minted. Polymer notes are pretty damn useful it turns out!
And we managed to roll them out super bloody quickly, I've not seen a paper one for a while now.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;52481807]I really do like our new £5 a lot. I've seen them undergo all kinds of shit and come out looking almost as crisp as the day they were minted. Polymer notes are pretty damn useful it turns out!
And we managed to roll them out super bloody quickly, I've not seen a paper one for a while now.[/QUOTE]
Weren't the old Bank of England £5 notes made invalid recently? Up here most of our stuff is the Scottish notes but I really like the feel of the new BoE £5
The sooner we phase out the paper notes the better. The new ones are really damn cool and it's nice to have money that doesn't rot away so easily.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;52481807]I really do like our new £5 a lot. I've seen them undergo all kinds of shit and come out looking almost as crisp as the day they were minted. Polymer notes are pretty damn useful it turns out!
And we managed to roll them out super bloody quickly, I've not seen a paper one for a while now.[/QUOTE]
The change happened so quickly that I didn't get a chance to keep an old fiver in the drawer somewhere. It's actually super impressive, same with the new £1 coin too, I have more of the new than old in my wallet at the moment.
Looking forward to the whole suite of notes and coins being replaced over the next couple of years (but more importantly the notes).
[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52481850]The sooner we phase out the paper notes the better. The new ones are really damn cool and it's nice to have money that doesn't rot away so easily.[/QUOTE]
True that. Although I still miss the days when we had Elizabeth Fry on the fiver, and I'm not too happy about them phasing out Charles Darwin on the tenner. Though when they update the twenty (if they update the twenty), I probably won't be too sad to see Adam Smith replaced by Ainsley Harriot or whoever would be on the new twenty.
These plastic and polymer notes are amazing. My brother brought back $50 AU note when he was training in Australia.
[t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/Australian_%2450_polymer_front.jpg/200px-Australian_%2450_polymer_front.jpg[/t]
[t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/85/Australian_%2450_note_polymer_back.jpg/200px-Australian_%2450_note_polymer_back.jpg[/t]
I wish the US would try doing something similar.
[QUOTE=Mr Kotov;52481844]Weren't the old Bank of England £5 notes made invalid recently? Up here most of our stuff is the Scottish notes but I really like the feel of the new BoE £5[/QUOTE]
According to the BoE website, the old £5 is no longer legal tender as of the 5th May. I didn't even realise that had come up due to the transition being so rapid and smooth.
[editline]18th July 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=icemaz;52481863]The change happened so quickly that I didn't get a chance to keep an old fiver in the drawer somewhere. It's actually super impressive, same with the new £1 coin too, I have more of the new than old in my wallet at the moment.
Looking forward to the whole suite of notes and coins being replaced over the next couple of years (but more importantly the notes).[/QUOTE]
The new £1 coin hasn't been quite as smooth I've noticed, I keep finding the old buggers in my change. I suppose that's to be expected though with the insane number of £1 coins and forgeries that are already in circulation.
those new fivers arent bad but fuck me are they a pain in a bundle
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The new £1 coin hasn't been quite as smooth I've noticed, I keep finding the old buggers in my change. I suppose that's to be expected though with the insane number of £1 coins and forgeries that are already in circulation.[/QUOTE]
I had the double take when I first saw them, they look just like those euro coins.
I love the new notes, give me more
polymer notes should be the norm, to be perfectly honest
for as much of a shithole as romania is, we've had polymer banknotes for about 20 years now, they're more or less immortal
[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52481915]I had the double take when I first saw them, they look just like those euro coins.[/QUOTE]
True true, though to me they look more like our £2 coins only scaled down.
I honestly prefer the earlier coins. They were thick, weighty, smooth at the edge, and generally felt like more "valuable", like they were a proper gold coin (though I know that it's actually an alloy, not pure in the slightest). Whereas these new ones look and feel distinctly cheaper, plus they won't work with most £1 lockers (you need to put one of the old pounds in to lock it and obtain the key to it), which is why I still carry one of the old coins as an "antique" locker token.
Is that an example note or the proper note? It looks like a photocopy with the thick white boarders.
I just thought i'd ask.
[QUOTE=icemaz;52481863]The change happened so quickly that I didn't get a chance to keep an old fiver in the drawer somewhere. It's actually super impressive, same with the new £1 coin too, I have more of the new than old in my wallet at the moment.
Looking forward to the whole suite of notes and coins being replaced over the next couple of years (but more importantly the notes).[/QUOTE]
The new coins are actually bloody annoying because they don't work in most things like parking and vending machines, and pool tables.
the new £1 coins not working in the likes of vending machines and such is that they weren't modified or replaced in time for the new coin rolling out, but given the time between the announcement of the coin design and the rollout, there wasn't much time to sort that kind of thing. most should be able to just have their mechanisms changed out or modified but really out of date machines would need replacing. the company I work for can get a hold on coin meters that can accept the new £1 with no problems at all, so it's not like retrofitting is impossible to do.
on topic: I love the new plastic notes. there's been a different design for the Scottish £5 so I'd be happy to see a plastic Scottish £10
the new fiver was peng, this looks ugly as shit imo, no 'fence to JA
Looks about as good as I expected, though it's maybe my least favourite note. It's the weird orange colour, sure it makes it look like a tenner but I'm not so fond.
Better than the Scottish tenners though, they're just way too brown (although them fivers with the fishes have BoE beat).
[QUOTE=hexpunK;52481807]I really do like our new £5 a lot. I've seen them undergo all kinds of shit and come out looking almost as crisp as the day they were minted. Polymer notes are pretty damn useful it turns out!
And we managed to roll them out super bloody quickly, I've not seen a paper one for a while now.[/QUOTE]
I had a really brittle one that just snapped in half the second time I handled it
[QUOTE=waylander;52482747]I had a really brittle one that just snapped in half the second time I handled it[/QUOTE]
This reminded me of the time we had a Christian pastor come in for a assembly about some crap I can't remember and he asked for a girl's £10 and cut it into three pieces. He then taped it back together and said that it was still ok to use and was a lesson about materialism (?)
All local shops rejected it.
[QUOTE=GrizzlyBear;52481915]I had the double take when I first saw them, they look just like those euro coins.[/QUOTE]
I actually got given a €1 as change in the petrol station near a tourist spot the other day. Guy who grabbed it out of the till didn't notice and neither did i until my girlfriend pointed it out. It's a different shape and the euro coins are more battered looking as they've been in circulation for longer but it's possible to mistake them if you're not paying attention.
[QUOTE=Lazzars;52483035]I actually got given a €1 as change in the petrol station near a tourist spot the other day. Guy who grabbed it out of the till didn't notice and neither did i until my girlfriend pointed it out. It's a different shape and the euro coins are more battered looking as they've been in circulation for longer but it's possible to mistake them if you're not paying attention.[/QUOTE]
I was in the Netherlands signing for a new house last week and carrying the new pound coins and Euros at the same time makes shit confusing.
[QUOTE=hexpunK;52481807]I really do like our new £5 a lot. I've seen them undergo all kinds of shit and come out looking almost as crisp as the day they were minted. Polymer notes are pretty damn useful it turns out!
And we managed to roll them out super bloody quickly, I've not seen a paper one for a while now.[/QUOTE]
I managed to tear a plastic £5 note in half easy-peasy when they first came into circulation :v:
The new notes look alright, but I'll definitely miss ol' Darwin.
[QUOTE=Steam-Pixie;52483220]I managed to tear a plastic £5 note in half easy-peasy when they first came into circulation :v:[/QUOTE]
Did they change the formula or something shortly after they started circulating them? Because a lot of the "i broke one" things I come across seem to relate to the first few weeks or so of distribution.
They're still generally more resistant than the "paper" notes though, so that's still fine by me :v:
Man, I never thought I'd say this but that's a lovely looking bill.
Orange is such a nice color. Not to mention it's attributed to one of the greatest authors of all time!
[QUOTE=hexpunK;52483663]Did they change the formula or something shortly after they started circulating them? Because a lot of the "i broke one" things I come across seem to relate to the first few weeks or so of distribution.
They're still generally more resistant than the "paper" notes though, so that's still fine by me :v:[/QUOTE]
Hmmmm I'm not sure about that... Possibly!
am i the only one that doesn't like them?
they just feel like I'm giving a cheap leaflet when I pay people, and also they are a disaster to store as they refuse to fold neatly, you have to squash it in a wallet.
[QUOTE=AK'z;52484657]am i the only one that doesn't like them?
they just feel like I'm giving a cheap leaflet when I pay people, and also they are a disaster to store as they refuse to fold neatly, you have to squash it in a wallet.[/QUOTE]
you'll get used to them. while i wasnt around to see paper money in australia, i'm super glad we have polymer notes.
theres so many times where a note would have ripped or got destroyed by water damage if it was made of paper. i've got one of those magic wallets where you fold a note and flip the wallet inside out to store them and it works perfectly fine with several notes at a time.
It looks nice!
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