Bank of England launches ‘plastic fiver’ 

Yes. Australia was first in the World. and In Europe first to implement a Full Set was Romania in 1999, so almost 20 years ago :) . Only in Britain discovered them now :))

Romania was the first country in Europe to implement a full set ofpolymer banknotes since 1999 .

lachlan duggan they even have plastic notes in Nigeria of all places 😕 lol, so nothing new with the British ones.

They are going to make polymer £10 and £20 notes. They don't plan to make changes to the £50 note since it is a lot rarer.

more like 30 years ago, Australia invented the polymer banknotes. Here in Romania we have polymer since 1999, almost 20 years ago lol.

Pastel Jelly accept the us dollars

Yup, no gold or silver for this fiat currency regardless of a gold and silver Big Ben.Brilliant to have Churchill on the note! How generous he was for what he did for the 3 million Bengalis in 1943

I think she was referring to legal tender.

she never said that - she just said the uks first plastic banknote - of which the english note is definetly not first

I know she never said that directly but it's safe to presume that's what she ment considering the multiple roles shes had with the Financial Times and how wide spread plastic notes are in England, especially the Scottish ones.

The Northern Bank £5 note was as much legal tender in Glasgow, London and Cardiff as it was in Glengormley, Lisburn and Coleraine. Though most people in England and Wales commonly refuse to accept Northern Irish money as [unlike the Scots] they are unused to bank issued notes. This is their right to do so. indeed you can refuse to accept any legal tender bank note if you don't like the look of it, including bank of England. So the statement at the top of the film is wrong. The first legal tender UK banknote was issued by Northern Bank in 1999.

The Bank of England is the only bank in the UK that can produce legal tender.

No, because plastic money or polymer fiber money can last longer than paper money, and when platic or polymer fiber money is no longer fit for circulation after several years it can be recycled to become a chair park or a trash bin or anynother recycable materials