There Was An Issue Of Plastic Bank Notes In Ni A While Ago But They Seemed To Have Melted Away And You Never See One Now.

[sandyRoe]

Would you mind if all UK notes were plastic?

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/coming-britain-plastic-banknotes-070053076.html

[baza]

scottish pound notes were I think plastic coated, english fivers had a trial issue but seemed to disappear.

[albaqwerty]

'The benefit of plastic is length of life, although there are cost implications. '

guess who will pay the cost? Consumers.

Yes, I would mind if all notes were plastic.

[paddywak]

Doesn't matter what they're made of Trish only lets me have a quick look at them before they disappear into the bottomless depths of her hand bag.

[Psybbo]

I hated them sandy. northern bank produced them and they were viewed as suspicious in England. And like you, I haven't seen one in years

[aelmpvw]

not very good if they 'melt away' are they?

[boxtops]

As I understand, in the UK, only the Isle of Man issued "plastic" banknotes for a few years, as noted below

http://www.polymernotes.org/country_pages/iom.htm

[stewey]

The Bank of Canada recently issued a $20 polymer ("plastic") banknote, so we now have them in three denominations: $100, $50, and $20. You have to be really careful when you are handing one of them out as they tend to really stick together. I'm sure that lots of store attendants and bar-tenders etc are quite happy about this:)