Meet the new £5 note

Someone came back from getting a coffee and had received a new polymer £5 note in their change.  

So as it is Tiny Tuesday I am sharing it as my blip as it was the highlight of the day. The section with Big Ben is see through.

The Bank of England have decided that their next £5, £10 and £20 notes will be printed on polymer, a thin flexible plastic, because polymer notes last longer, stay cleaner and are harder to counterfeit than paper notes. 87% of people who commented in their 2013 consultation supported the idea.

Did you know?
21,835 notes were replaced in 2015 due to damage.
10,761   torn / part notes
  5,364    chewed / eaten
  1,801    washed
  2,912    contaminated
     997    fire/damaged


The new polymer notes last up to 2.5 times longer than paper.

I wonder how many will disappear out of circulation as everyone keeps one?  

Thank you to Debbi for hosting Tiny Tuesday