British starting plastic paper money
British starting plastic paper money
The bank of England announced on Wednesday that it had started issuing plastic notes worth 5 pounds, with a circulation of 440m. It was the bank of England's first plastic note.
The material of the new plastic money is a kind of thin flexible plastic, using a new generation of anti-counterfeiting technology, including at the queen's head has a transparent area, edge area will present the purple color to green gradient; When the banknote tilts, it can be found that the hologram contained in some Numbers and patterns will change accordingly.
Compared to the current currency notes, bills because of the fouling resistance, waterproof, anti-counterfeiting, not easy to damage features such as to use more clean, safe, strong, the service life of at least equivalent to 2.5 of paper money, about five years. This will reduce the cost of printing and transportation, as well as reduce energy consumption. When the plastic bill reaches its lifetime it can be recycled.
