Scrap Paper

[firetto]

How long do paper money notes last before they are scrapped by the Bank of England? How does this compare to other countries?

[bernardo]

When we still had one pound notes, I heard that the life of a �1 note was about 9 months. �5 now is probably about the same; presumably �10 and �20 notes last longer.

[Toffee]

I may be dreaming, but I seem to remember the Isle of Man experimenting with plastic notes. Can anybody confirm this, and if so what was the result?

[sideymun]

I'm sure i saw somewhere that Australian money is plastic.

[spainlads]

I worked for NatWest in one of there cash centres. All monies paid in are run through a massive german machine called a "G&D", no one ever know what it stood for. All money that was rejected by this machine, whether it was defaced, ripped, or anything else was return to the Bank of England and destroyed.

[shady_jady]

i haven't a clue i'm afraid. but in america they do the coolest thing! they shread their old notes into tiny pieces and press them together into a block and then sell them to the public. i have a block of $2000 worth of shreaded money xx

[amarillis]

it's true - in Australia we have plastic notes. They are rather brightly coloured too, in pink, blue, orange, yellow and green. The life of them is greatly increased over paper, and it makes counterfeiting them virtually impossible.