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UK finally catching up!
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UK finally catching up!
So, I heard that the UK is, finally, moving to polymer notes for their currency. It only took them 24 years longer than Australia! I remember being a kid in primary school when some bloke from the RBA presented the polymer technology to us ahead of its launch at an assembly. It's one of, well one, memorable moments from my childhood school assemblies!

https://youtu.be/VPbroYWL5iU

Above I have a look at our $5 notes (including the new one released by the RBA in September), and later in the video I have a look at some cheap and nasty looking paper money, that apparently passes as being real currency in some parts of the world! The most notable thing, and I'm happy that this is clearly visible in the video, is that the "security strip" in the same denomination notes looks completely different in each note! What the Fuck??! Seriously had I not handled them myself I would not have thought that level of variability in genuine banknotes should be observed. Have a look and see for yourself, video above.
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I like our new fivers.

Some are even fetching over £80,000 on eBay for some reason. :/
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It's to do with the serial numbers. A01 notes are fetching loads as collectors want the ones which were first off the press, or ones with weird serial references such as 'AK47' (which I think was the one that went for £80k or whatever online).

People will collect anything I guess. I admit to collecting 50ps with unusual images on. People do seem to think they are worth something more than they are through. 99x out of 100 they're worth 50p.
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(October 15, 2016 at 4:47 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: It's to do with the serial numbers. A01 notes are fetching loads as collectors want the ones which were first off the press, or ones with weird serial references such as 'AK47' (which I think was the one that went for £80k or whatever online).

People will collect anything I guess. I admit to collecting 50ps with unusual images on. People do seem to think they are worth something more than they are through. 99x out of 100 they're worth 50p.

Hmm, "AK47" is an amazing serial reference but 80k? Fuck that.
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Yeah more money than sense.
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(October 15, 2016 at 4:53 am)Pandæmonium Wrote: Yeah more money than sense.

Indeed.

I can think of better stuff to spend 80k on...
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I'm just hoping we Staties will get Braille like Canada
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Yes, our new $5 is a big win for the vision impaired community:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4hjb2hJvzM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAhliLpLpTI

It was campaigned for by 15 year old Connor McLeod (he would have been 12 or 13 at the time) with a petition that got 57,000 signatures.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK

The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK


"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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Apparently you can play records with them.
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