New Plastic Fivers stick together? Bank of England warns shoppers

[arista]

[Will our new plastic fivers stick together? Bank of England warns
that shoppers could overpay because polymer notes are more adhesive
New polymer banknotes to be officially unveiled for the first time this week
Bank of England says the notes can stick together when they are new
Current paper banknotes are set to be phased out entirely by 2020 ]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/05/30/11/197F4D28000005DC-3616145-image-a-47_1464603738688.jpg
the new plastic fiver due out in the 13th Sept this year

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3616145/Bank-England-warns-plastic-banknotes-stick-together.html#ixzz4A978n6Rq



I can just see a old biddy handing a New plastic Fiver
to a shop keeper
with 2 more stuck to it - no joke

[Saph]

ew whos that fatty

[arista]

ew whos that fatty



The BritishPM in 1944 keeping the Nazi V2 Super Bombs
from killing us all.
Winston Churchill
our hero


you can visit his War Bunker
http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms?gclid=CjwKEAjwya-6BRDR3p6FuY2-u3MSJAD1paxT8vQBEb7O1eXWQbjG0npggOL-kvOcQNLhsNx5xAweERoCNJzw_wcB

[Saph]

when will celine?

[_Tom_]

ew whos that fatty

:umm2:

[_Tom_]

:clap1: Polymer notes are much better:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/australia-news-blog/2013/sep/11/australia-britain-replacing-banknotes-plastic-polymer

[Amy Jade]

:laugh2:

[Mokka]

We have the "plastic" bills in Canada.. They do stick together... I always count money twice or more before handing it over. The $20 bills are the worst somehow. We had them first, but now all our money has been converted

[arista]

:clap1: Polymer notes are much better:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/australia-news-blog/2013/sep/11/australia-britain-replacing-banknotes-plastic-polymer


Of Course
but in Sept this year
Brand New Plastic Fivers
stick together
not good for Old Biddys
in a shop with a slick shop keeper

[Amy Jade]

Of Course
but in 2020,
Brand New Plastic Fivers
stick together
not good for Old Biddys
in a shop with a slick shop keeper
On the flip side it's probably not going to be fun for those who work in shops either with people deciding they need their £50 cashback in £5 notes to pay their brats school dinners etc

[T*]

This is bull****
Polymer notes are used in like Canada and Australia now
Do you think Australia has a problem with them sticking together since its permanently like 40 ****ing degrees over there? No. Daily Fail strikes again

[T*]

Also the Bank of England could of least made the notes look good rather than that garbage

[Mokka]

This is bull****
Polymer notes are used in like Canada and Australia now
Do you think Australia has a problem with them sticking together since its permanently like 40 ****ing degrees over there? No. Daily Fail strikes again

I just testified that they do stick together :idc:

[T*]

I just testified that they do stick together :idc:



why would you do this to me

[Mokka]

why would you do this to me

changes name to the_truth2

[arista]

This is bull****
Polymer notes are used in like Canada and Australia now
Do you think Australia has a problem with them sticking together since its permanently like 40 ****ing degrees over there? No. Daily Fail strikes again



No its at the Start of brand new notes
lack of use makes fivers stick together

[Niamh.]

oh we've just got these aswell, i think they're great, can't say I've noticed them sticking together but then again I usually don't have a wad of notes in my wallet :fan:

[arista]

oh we've just got these aswell, i think they're great, can't say I've noticed them sticking together but then again I usually don't have a wad of notes in my wallet :fan:


Check 3 new €5
see if its stuck close

[Niamh.]

Check 3 new €5
see if its stuck close

I only have 1 €10 note in my wallet I'm afraid

[Mokka]

Check 3 new €5
see if its stuck close

If I go to the band machine and take out $100, and it comes out in 5 $20 brand new bills... they stick, and this is always how it comes out. That's where you have to be careful.

[arista]

I only have 1 €10 note in my wallet I'm afraid


Yes but beware of new notes in a group.

[Niamh.]

Yes but beware of new notes in a group.

I will :love:

[T*]

No its at the Start of brand new notes

lack of use makes fivers stick together



We will see in 2020



I thought they were being phased in soon with all old fivers being taken away from use in 2020?

[Crimson Dynamo]

I bet they are much efficient for snorting coke

[waterhog]

LT I am shocked.

as for me and money - I never have it long enough to ever really have a feel of it so I will not be any of the wiser.

[user104658]

We've had a run of plastic £5 notes in circulation in scotland for about a year... it's not really a huge problem. I handle fairly large volume cash transactions on a daily basis and at speed - this has always been a slight issue with new notes. In my experience, paper £10 notes are the worst for sticking. The polymer ones actually slide apart more obviously during counting than new paper ones.

This is why the first thing I do when I get a stack of crisp new notes... is crush the **** out of them :smug:. Then alternate them front-to-back and voila - no chance of two sticking together. It's also a strangely satisfying feeling. They're so fresh and perfect... sometimes you just want to destroy something beautiful...

[billy123]

Load of bollox Scotland has had plastic fivers for over a year and i never had a problem with them sticking together.

[Josy]

Never had my fivers sticking together

[arista]

I thought they were being phased in soon with all old fivers being taken away from use in 2020?



Yes Correct they start Sept this year

4 years of getting rid of old fivers

[Ammi]

..it must be costing a lot of money to change them so doing it when it's only going to be a temporary thing seems like the dumbest thing to me...

[arista]

..it must be costing a lot of money to change them so doing it when it's only going to be a temporary thing seems like the dumbest thing to me...


But thats how the always do it.


This Sept dirty old fivers
and the New Plastic Fivers

Bring it On

[Ammi]

..they don't always phase out with temporary currency..?..old currency is just phased out as the new currency is produced, so it all seems a pointless waste of money to have a temporary thing like that...

[arista]

..they don't always phase out with temporary currency..?..old currency is just phased out as the new currency is produced, so it all seems a pointless waste of money to have a temporary thing like that...


Its not temp
Plastic Fivers are forever

[Ammi]

....oh sorry I misunderstood, I thought that they were becoming coins in 4 years and this was just a temporary thing...will read the links/OP's more carefully then and look forward to seeing the sticky £5 notes...

[LemonJam]

in fairness US dollars are actually much worse for sticking together and plastic notes only really stick when they're in mint condition. Loads of places do them now, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Vietnam Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, infact plastic notes stick less than paper if anything.

[Cherie]

Load of bollox Scotland has had plastic fivers for over a year and i never had a problem with them sticking together.

Never had my fivers sticking together

Because you rarely get above 5 degrees :idc:

[rubymoo]

Because you rarely get above 5 degrees :idc:

:joker:

I don't want plastic money, it makes me feel sad :(

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/media/images/51763000/jpg/_51763793_fiver.jpg

RIP old £5 note.......

[Cherie]

:joker:

I don't want plastic money, it makes me feel sad :(

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/media/images/51763000/jpg/_51763793_fiver.jpg

RIP old £5 note.......


Aw Ruby :love:

[arista]

:joker:

I don't want plastic money, it makes me feel sad :(

http://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/304/media/images/51763000/jpg/_51763793_fiver.jpg

RIP old £5 note.......


But you wash that Dirt off it.
You will get used to to it, rubymoo


and Next Year
Plastic 10 pound notes

[arista]

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/998769/stream_img.jpg

This Sept

[arista]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2016/05/29/21089680_polymer-fiver-prototype-NEWS-large_trans++90JsMauqkzRhOnTEP_rlOivA7iqceUeNurkJn dl7Lw8.jpg

[Jack_]

ew whos that fatty

:joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker: :joker: :joker: :joker::joker::joker::joker: :joker: :joker: :joker: :joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker:: joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker::joker: :joker:

[arista]

That middle bit you can see through

[Kizzy]

Elizabeth Fry was robbed.

[Jordan.]

http://news.images.itv.com/image/file/998769/stream_img.jpg

This Sept

ugly

[_Tom_]

There's two good videos on this article which shows the new note in more detail/up close:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427663

[Amy Jade]

in fairness US dollars are actually much worse for sticking together and plastic notes only really stick when they're in mint condition. Loads of places do them now, Canada, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Vietnam Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, infact plastic notes stick less than paper if anything.

That's so true about US Dollars, I went in October and got money from a cash machine and it all looked brand new and it was all stuck together, I was lucky I made a mistake of handing over two $20 instead of one to a nice person who warned me or I'd have been screwed over

[reece(:]

ew whos that fatty

Lmao

[Rob!]

ew whos that fatty

The BritishPM in 1944 keeping the Nazi V2 Super Bombs
from killing us all.
Winston Churchill
our hero


you can visit his War Bunker
http://www.iwm.org.uk/visits/churchill-war-rooms?gclid=CjwKEAjwya-6BRDR3p6FuY2-u3MSJAD1paxT8vQBEb7O1eXWQbjG0npggOL-kvOcQNLhsNx5xAweERoCNJzw_wcB

when will celine?

:joker:

[arista]

There's two good videos on this article which shows the new note in more detail/up close:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25427663


Yes Good Video showing Next Years
New Plastic £10 note


Made before they said New fivers could stick together

[Ammi]

..I got my first new £5 note on Saturday..they really are actually lovely..:love:..I love them and they're so perfect and smooth, being new as well...I find it hard though to spend something like that../so perfect so I'll keep it, I think....

[arista]

..I got my first new £5 note on Saturday..they really are actually lovely..:love:..I love them and they're so perfect and smooth, being new as well...I find it hard though to spend something like that../so perfect so I'll keep it, I think....

You will get more
see if they stick?

[Ammi]

You will get more
see if they stick?

..yeah I was actually thinking about that when I got it../your sticky thread..:laugh:...I think that it'll be obvious in the feel of them, if you have more than one..so that will make you double check..?....new notes tend to stick anyway../the paper ones also are hard to separate but when you have new notes, you tend to be aware of that and check more closely...

[Amy Jade]

Been handling these all last week in work, even had customers specifically asking for them in their change (and getting narky when I didnt have one haha) and they dont stick together. Maybe if they got wet but in general they're not sticky.

[James]

Old fivers must be spent or banked by next Friday - but you can swap defunct notes

By Karl Talbot, MSE News Reporter

28 Apr 2017


Consumers have until 5 May to spend or bank their older non-polymer £5 notes before they are officially withdrawn by the Bank of England (BoE) - shops may reject your old-style fivers if you leave it too long.

Following the launch of the plastic fiver back in September, older £5 notes featuring Elizabeth Fry have been gradually phased out and they will cease to be legal tender from next Friday.

It's believed that over half of older £5 notes have already been taken out of circulation and last month the BoE advised retailers to stop handing them out in change.

However, if you've still an old fiver or two, you can continue to spend them as usual until 5 May - After this date, shops will be within their rights to refuse them as payment towards goods or services.

For automated machines, acceptance of older fivers after the withdrawal date will depend on whether software has been updated on time.


Banks may still accept deposits of old-style fivers after 5 May

It's likely that banks, building societies and post offices will continue to accept deposits of the older £5 note, even after 5 May - though the BoE has made it clear that this is wholly "at the discretion of the individual institution".

If they do continue to accept them, it's likely they'll do so only for their own customers. This follows the same scenario planned for the withdrawal of the round £1 coin on 15 October.

The BoE will swap your old £5 notes

If you happen to find an old fiver tucked behind the sofa in the years ahead, fear not as the BoE guarantees that all UK banknotes hold their value for 'all time'.

So if your bank, building society or post office is unwilling to change your old fivers for you, you can do it with the BoE instead - either in-person or by post (at your own risk).

However, this guarantee doesn't apply to coinage, so beware when the older £1 is withdrawn. See our piggybank warning for more.

Old fivers could be worth more than their face value in the future

Following launch of the new £5 note, many low serial numbers were commanding high prices on internet auction sites. If you have one in your pocket, it's worth checking to see if it's worth more than it's face value.

As for older fivers, there's no sure way of knowing how much they'll be worth following their withdrawal, though ones in better condition are likely to be more desirable.

More currency changes in the pipeline

The round £1 coin will be withdrawn on 15 October, while new polymer £10 and £20 notes will be launched in September and in 2020 respectively. The BoE has no current plans to replace the existing £50 note.


http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/banking/2017/04/old-fivers-must-be-spent-or-banked-by-next-friday