Bank of Canada new polymer $100 notes (full 8 mins b-roll) - Cantonese 廣東話分析

http://wp.me/p1wIH-4iL *** For those that are into banknotes technologies and patents behind them, please check out this linked blog entry. Here is a video of my first impression in Cantonese 廣東話分析 (on 20110620) of the Bank of Canada's new polymer $100 notes. Also see my article for further technical comments of the security features of the new $100. http://wp.me/p1wIH-4iL

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[Darkfire889]

wtf do they individually freeze them?

[KemptonLam]

@Darkfire889 I think you may be referring to their R&D where they test if the polymer notes can survive our Canadian winter. Yes, we have places that are pretty pretty cold. So the polymer notes have to be able to handle cold.

[Darkfire889]

@KemptonLam I doubt they will handle heat well

[KemptonLam]

@Darkfire889 Good point re heat. Imagine old paper/cotton money if partially burned, as long as you got enough left, you can try to see if the bank will honour it. I wonder if the polymer note will melt too quickly compare to the old paper/cotton money?

[vinoberg]

This is potentially a horrible idea.

I was just traveling in Costa Rica, where they just released new $1 plastic bills - they look very much like our new hundred. And alright, they aren't going to rip, and they might be harder to forge, but they have a serious problem:

They are slippery as all hell! Reach for one in your pocket and five more are gonna fly away. Now as I said, this is just Costa Rica, I haven't seen ours, but be warned.. This could be an epic fail.

[KemptonLam]

@vinoberg Don't jump to immediate conclusion based on your Costa Rica experiences yet. Give it a chance. Places like Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, etc have been using polymer notes for years, and they seem to be ok. So give it a try first.

[mephiston001]

@KemptonLam I think I'll like it, hate not being able to spend 100's anywhere because nobody will take them, bout time really :)

[KemptonLam]

@mephiston001 Very soon. Nov 2011 for the $100s, try them out.

[mephiston001]

wow... we have plastic money now...

[Ljungman42]

As if our money wasn't gay enough....