Britain’s latest plastic banknote
By Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
Manchester, England
September 23, 2017 6:49am CST
The British banknotes are gradually being replaced by a plastic based version designed to last longer. The new £5 issue was released some time ago and now we have a new £10 note.
Yesterday I encountered my first example of this new note when I withdrew cash from the ATM. My first impression was how much this reminded me of the old 10 shilling notes, which were withdrawn from circulation back in 1970.
On arrival home I immediately dug out an old 10 shilling note to compare, which confirmed my first impression. These new notes are a very similar size, also similar in design and colour. Many people today would be unfamiliar with the old notes since they were withdrawn almost 50 years ago, but to me the resemblance was clear.
This is almost nostalgic. You can clearly see by the 2 notes scanned side by side just how closely they resemble each other. I wonder how many other old fools have noticed this similarity.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
23 Sep 17
Plastic? This is the first I had heard of this @Asylum. I have some of the old currency still English and Irish. Coins.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView Yes, they are a very decent material and design.
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
23 Sep 17
I had my first one yesterday too in change from a pub I went to.
I like it very much apart form the it being plastic part...good idea to have braille on it too.
I do like the design of the back and am pleased they put jane austen on it.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
23 Sep 17
@Mike197602 What a great use for a banknote. Maybe they should change the currency from pounds into pints.
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
23 Sep 17
@Asylum it was a good use of the note as I seem to be developing a social life after a decade of not having one
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16915)
• China
27 Sep 17
Two notes are indeed similar in colour and layout.What surprises me is that you still keep the old 10 shilling notes that were out of circulation 40 odd years ago.
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@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
25 Sep 17
and still depicting the queen looking youthful rather than her actual present age too
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@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
28 Sep 17
They would be sticking to all the fences in SA like the rest of the plastic = thats where our plastic gathers - Jist some fun sharing. I remember my dad finding a wad of pounds that were 10 cm long and 6cm wide - grey blue in colour and because SA had moved over to their own currency - they were worth more, so It was a great cash stash. The rand was introduced in the then Union of South Africa on 14 February 1961
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@garymarsh6 (23409)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 17
It takes an old fool to recognise another old fool! I too remember them although I have yet to come across a new £10 note. Remember next month the pound coin goes out of circulation too! So get spending!
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
27 Sep 17
@garymarsh6 I had around £120 in a whisky bottle. After managing to exchange them I donated the £100 to my neighbour who was trying to buy a mobility scooter, which he now has.
@garymarsh6 (23409)
• United Kingdom
27 Sep 17
@Asylum Well done. I smashed my Terramundi pot and had £360 in it. I was quite surprised and thrilled.
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@JamesHxstatic (29411)
• Eugene, Oregon
11 Oct 17
Truly very similar. Those younger than you are will never know.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
23 Sep 17
Wow. Are they worth the same approximate amount figuring in the spending value?
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