Canada Funny Money ???

gmill880

Was reading about the new Canadian currency being a plastic polymer (?) . Phasing in different denominations I believe . My question was does this stuff bend/flexible enough to go in your wallet . I read contradicting statements : one said was hard to do and another said yes it would fit fine .

What say our Canadian BOTL's , have you guys had any experience with it yet and thoughts / comments ? Just curious .

roland_7707

I saw that on yahoo yesterday, looks weird.
How would it hold up to being washed?

gmill880

roland_7707:

I saw that on yahoo yesterday, looks weird.
How would it hold up to being washed?

According to what I read it holds up much better than the paper and cotton money to being washed because its so much like plastic . Just wonder how it fits and bends in a standard mens wallet/billfold ?

laker1963

gmill880:

roland_7707:

I saw that on yahoo yesterday, looks weird.
How would it hold up to being washed?

According to what I read it holds up much better than the paper and cotton money to being washed because its so much like plastic . Just wonder how it fits and bends in a standard mens wallet/billfold ?

From what I have seen Gene it is very flexible. They have just woven some polymer fibers into the "paper" to make it stronger and it will stand up to getting wet too. It is supposed to last a lot longer then regular bills and apparently because of the polymer fibers they have introduced some new fancy security features into them as well. Right now the $100 are out, with the $50 to follow in a couple of months and more as time goes on.

gmill880

laker1963:

gmill880:

roland_7707:

I saw that on yahoo yesterday, looks weird.
How would it hold up to being washed?

According to what I read it holds up much better than the paper and cotton money to being washed because its so much like plastic . Just wonder how it fits and bends in a standard mens wallet/billfold ?

From what I have seen Gene it is very flexible. They have just woven some polymer fibers into the "paper" to make it stronger and it will stand up to getting wet too. It is supposed to last a lot longer then regular bills and apparently because of the polymer fibers they have introduced some new fancy security features into them as well. Right now the $100 are out, with the $50 to follow in a couple of months and more as time goes on.

Ahhh got it . Thanks Doug .