101Walterton wrote:
Yes but no. No everything from Oz is not good, Jimmy Barnes for one although he is Scottish. But yes plastic money has been around for years. It was changed because surfies kept losing their ice cream money when they forgot to take it out of their boardies before going surfing, causing a shortage of notes.
Is your impression that it's generally as good or better than paper money or are there drawbacks?
It's better in every way.
In that case, I fully expect American resistance to the entire notion...
I remember seeing some panel discussion back in the late 80s, when the Canada-US free trade pact was being discussed, and the subject of a common currency was being talked about. The American on the panel said that it would never happen because the American people would never accept a redesigned money, that greenbacks have a mystic hold on Americans.
NZ currency is plastic, it has watermarks galore, it has colours, it has windows and no one wants to copy it (why would you) yet US notes appear so basic to forge in comparison. Never understood that.
Flex wrote:
Is your impression that it's generally as good or better than paper money or are there drawbacks?
It's better in every way.
In that case, I fully expect American resistance to the entire notion...
I remember seeing some panel discussion back in the late 80s, when the Canada-US free trade pact was being discussed, and the subject of a common currency was being talked about. The American on the panel said that it would never happen because the American people would never accept a redesigned money, that greenbacks have a mystic hold on Americans.
NZ currency is plastic, it has watermarks galore, it has colours, it has windows and no one wants to copy it (why would you) yet US notes appear so basic to forge in comparison. Never understood that.
I believe that Dutch guilders had braille on them, which struck me as a smart means of making it tougher on counterfeiters. Multiple colours is also smart. Everything I've read about the proposed plastic money for Canada sounds smart to me.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
In that case, I fully expect American resistance to the entire notion...
I remember seeing some panel discussion back in the late 80s, when the Canada-US free trade pact was being discussed, and the subject of a common currency was being talked about. The American on the panel said that it would never happen because the American people would never accept a redesigned money, that greenbacks have a mystic hold on Americans.
NZ currency is plastic, it has watermarks galore, it has colours, it has windows and no one wants to copy it (why would you) yet US notes appear so basic to forge in comparison. Never understood that.
I believe that Dutch guilders had braille on them, which struck me as a smart means of making it tougher on counterfeiters. Multiple colours is also smart. Everything I've read about the proposed plastic money for Canada sounds smart to me.
It makes money laundering easier, in the legal sense.
Flex wrote:
In that case, I fully expect American resistance to the entire notion...
I remember seeing some panel discussion back in the late 80s, when the Canada-US free trade pact was being discussed, and the subject of a common currency was being talked about. The American on the panel said that it would never happen because the American people would never accept a redesigned money, that greenbacks have a mystic hold on Americans.
NZ currency is plastic, it has watermarks galore, it has colours, it has windows and no one wants to copy it (why would you) yet US notes appear so basic to forge in comparison. Never understood that.
I believe that Dutch guilders had braille on them, which struck me as a smart means of making it tougher on counterfeiters. Multiple colours is also smart. Everything I've read about the proposed plastic money for Canada sounds smart to me.
It makes money laundering easier, in the legal sense.
Dr. Medulla wrote:
I remember seeing some panel discussion back in the late 80s, when the Canada-US free trade pact was being discussed, and the subject of a common currency was being talked about. The American on the panel said that it would never happen because the American people would never accept a redesigned money, that greenbacks have a mystic hold on Americans.
NZ currency is plastic, it has watermarks galore, it has colours, it has windows and no one wants to copy it (why would you) yet US notes appear so basic to forge in comparison. Never understood that.
I believe that Dutch guilders had braille on them, which struck me as a smart means of making it tougher on counterfeiters. Multiple colours is also smart. Everything I've read about the proposed plastic money for Canada sounds smart to me.
It makes money laundering easier, in the legal sense.
Ba-doom-tish. That joke's been making the rounds in varying permutations since the announcement on Thursday.
It's true though, you wont believe how often you wash money in your pockets. It's also great for the beach / swimming as you can leave cash in your pocket (maybe not so important if you live in Canada).