Canada's new plastic money

[SandEagle]

http://consumerist.com/2011/11/canadas-new-plastic-money-wont-rip-melt-or-freeze.html

for once they are doing something right. hope we follow soon with this. :thumbsup:

 

[westernmetaphor]

pretty sure Australia has done something like this already

 

[FoBoT]

counterfeit Canadian money? :hmm:

 

[paperfist]

"mistaken for sex toys"

WTF?

 

[TwiceOver]

Good idea. Interested on how bill changers and vending machines make the changeover. I really wish we had more support for pay by NFC. I'd much rather just wave my phone in front of a coke machine and get a soda.

 

[RavenSEAL]

So, does that mean they are also coming up with new wallet designs?

 

[DaTT]

counterfeit Canadian money? :hmm:

Are you forgetting where the Canadian dollar stands against your almighty dollar? :hmm:

 

[Atomic Playboy]

"mistaken for sex toys"

WTF?

They must be really desperate if they're mistaking a double-helix for a sex toy. Either that or Canada gets way better sex toys than we do.

Plastic money is pretty badass. I have a $10 note from Hong Kong that's plastic and has a window in it... It's also really colorful. It looks way better than our money, which is unfortunate, because it's basically worthless.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

So, does that mean they are also coming up with new wallet designs?

It's flexible plastic, so it will bend just like paper money.

 

[FoBoT]

Are you forgetting where the Canadian dollar stands against your almighty dollar? :hmm:

 

[coldmeat]

This is the first I've heard of this.

The bill is ugly.

 

[FoBoT]

i will wait for carbon fiber money

 

[westernmetaphor]

This is the first I've heard of this.

The bill is ugly.

you obviously have not had one before

 

[Colt45]

Now they should bring back the $2 and $1, as wearing out was the excuse for dropping them...

Tired of change weighing me down.

 

[KeithTalent]

Rubba dolla bills y'all! Can't wait to make it bounce at the strip club with these!

KT

 

[SparkyJJO]

Are you forgetting where the Canadian dollar stands against your almighty dollar? :hmm:

1.00 USD = 1.02 CAD

Our dollar is still better than your dollar

 

[SunnyD]

We already have plastic money. It's called "Credit Cards". Duh.

 

[MarkXIX]

I see none of the craziness in the bills that Candians purport to have seen. How they saw "sex beads" in a double helix is beyond me, much less the figure of a woman in the transparent cut out area. Did they try to smoke these bills and get high or what?

 

[sandorski]

Now they should bring back the $2 and $1, as wearing out was the excuse for dropping them...

Tired of change weighing me down.

Nah, I prefer the coins. i use the Loonies for laundry and the Toonies get tossed into a container. The Toonies are piling up fast.

 

[DaTT]

1.00 USD = 1.02 CAD

Our dollar is still better than your dollar

For now young grasshopper....for now

 

[ViviTheMage]

funny money is still funny

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Bah welcome to the new Millennium Canada...

 

[MiniDoom]

how am i suppose to fit my huge stack of $100's in my money pin now?

 

[WelshBloke]

Bah welcome to the new Millennium Canada...

WTF is that?

 

[ElFenix]

WTF is that?

plastic fiver issued in northern ireland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banknotes_of_Northern_Ireland#Northern_Bank_notes

why does it have a space shuttle on it?