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[darwin dali]

Interesting twist on the ol' paper money

[Jabberwocky]

so at least if you are a counterfeiter (spl) you know what everyone is looking at so you know what to clone!!!

[bud]

Australia was the first, our currency has been using this for years.

[myownalias]

Kinda pointless now that the majority of people use/debit credit cards, 15 years ago this would have been a geat idea but now it has limited use, considering how much it would have cost to develop this new type of 'plastic' money/

[Jabberwocky]

Kinda pointless now that the majority of people use/debit credit cards, 15 years ago this would have been a geat idea but now it has limited use, considering how much it would have cost to develop this new type of 'plastic' money/

saying that, with this credit crunch going on at the moment. I actually use cash more.

[myownalias]

Kinda pointless now that the majority of people use/debit credit cards, 15 years ago this would have been a geat idea but now it has limited use, considering how much it would have cost to develop this new type of 'plastic' money/

saying that, with this credit crunch going on at the moment. I actually use cash more.

I only use debit (with no overdraft), I have no interest in credit cards, we have enough debt with medical without adding more through loans and credit cards!

[bud]

Kinda pointless now that the majority of people use/debit credit cards, 15 years ago this would have been a geat idea but now it has limited use, considering how much it would have cost to develop this new type of 'plastic' money/

Wouldn't have cost a cent or a dollar to develop the technology has been there for years. I can't even remember exactly when Australian currency went plastic think it was early 90s.

End of the day physical cash still is needed even in a world of computerized debit.

[myownalias]

Kinda pointless now that the majority of people use/debit credit cards, 15 years ago this would have been a geat idea but now it has limited use, considering how much it would have cost to develop this new type of 'plastic' money/

Wouldn't have cost a cent or a dollar to develop the technology has been there for years. I can't even remember exactly when Australian currency went plastic think it was early 90s.

Polymer technology has been around for a long time, but I talking about the counterfeiting technologies built into the polymer, there must be R&D and implementation costs!

End of the day physical cash still is needed even in a world of computerized debit.

Yes, I understand that, I usually keep a little cash for things like tolls, vending machines and stores in the sticks that don't take card, but 99% of purchases are on the card!

[bud]

What I Meant was Canada wouldn't have had to spend money on R&D as all the counterfeiting technologies for plastic money are already out there, like I said the Australian notes have had this technology for some time. Each note has inbuilt small windows with texturized surfaces and put up to the light you can see images inside to make counter fitting even more difficult.

[darwin dali]

What I Meant was Canada wouldn't have had to spend money on R&D as all the counterfeiting technologies for plastic money are already out there, like I said the Australian notes have had this technology for some time. Each note has inbuilt small windows with texturized surfaces and put up to the light you can see images inside to make counter fitting even more difficult.

Maybe there was some intra Common Wealth collaboration?

[bud]

The Canucks were oot ond aboot down under aye.

[Hammer278]

A friend of mine is a sales director for the transparent security feature, a new thing in Malaysia which might take of in the next 1-2 years. Interesting.

So the costs in making money just got higher, ultimately lowering the value?

[darwin dali]

The Canucks were oot ond aboot down under aye.

Eh?

[bud]

The Canucks were oot ond aboot down under aye.

Eh?

you know I was at a Jeff Martin gig with a friend and his brand new wife from texas... I asked her if she was happy to hear a north american accent after living in Australia for half a year. and I get "no he says ooot and aboot" I said to my friend You know if i heard a Kiwi accent id be stoked... he said yeah me too, AMERICANS for ya...

[darwin dali]

The Canucks were oot ond aboot down under aye.

Eh?

you know I was at a Jeff Martin gig with a friend and his brand new wife from texas... I asked her if she was happy to hear a north american accent after living in Australia for half a year. and I get "no he says ooot and aboot" I said to my friend You know if i heard a Kiwi accent id be stoked... he said yeah me too, AMERICANS for ya...

Dunno whether Canada should be considered North America