Some disadvantages of polymer banknotes include potential environmental concerns related to production and disposal, a higher initial cost of production compared to paper banknotes, and potential issues with counterfeiting due to advanced printing technology required for polymer notes. Additionally, some people may find it difficult to fold or handle polymer banknotes compared to paper banknotes.
There are no major disadvantages of polymer notes over paper notes. About the only annoying feature of them is that they tend to stick together when wet or moist and are quite difficult to seperate.
Advantages of polymer notes are that they extremely difficult to counterfeit, they are cheap to produce, they are longer lasting than paper notes and they are recyclable.
Polypropylene plastic is used for banknotes because it is durable, water-resistant, and difficult to tear or tamper with. This helps to increase the longevity of the banknotes and reduce the likelihood of counterfeiting.
Polypropylene (PP), also known as polypropene, is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications including packaging and labeling, textiles (e.g., ropes, thermal underwear and carpets), stationery, plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, loudspeakers, automotive components, and polymer banknotes. An addition polymer made from the monomer propylene, it is rugged and unusually resistant to many chemical solvents, bases and acids.
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Australia pioneered the production of polymer (or plastic) banknotes to replace the relatively expensive to produce and not very durable paper banknotes. Australia completed the transition to polymer banknotes in 1996 and all paper notes were withdrawn from circulation. See the link below.
New Zealand changed over to polymer banknotes in 1999 and 2000. Polymer technology allows many features not previously possible with paper banknotes. See the link below to Reserve Bank of New Zealand site for more detail.
Australia was the first country to introduce plastic money in the form of polymer banknotes in 1988. These banknotes were made of a durable, long-lasting, and difficult-to-counterfeit polymer material.
The Reserve Bank of Australia advises that the thickness of 1,000 Australian One Hundred Dollar polymer banknotes is 140.8 mm plus or minus 5%. Therefore 100 One Hundred Dollar polymer banknotes would be 14.08 mm plus or minus 5%. The 5% allowance is for wear and tear on circulating banknotes.
Australian banknotes are all made of plastic, specifically polymer. Australia was the first country in the world to have all its banknotes made of polymer. The composition of the 5, 10, 20 and 50 cent coins is 25% nickel and 75% copper. The $1 and $2 coins are composed of 92 % copper, 6 % aluminum and 2 % nickel.
Most paper banknotes (including US$) are printed on cotton paper.Australian notes are a polypropylene polymer.
Australia's banknotes are printed by "Note Printing Australia", a wholly owned subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The polymer substrate that the notes are printed on is supplied by Innovia Security. Both plants are located at Craigieburn in the northern outskirts of Melbourne.
Polymer banknotes were first introduced in Australia in 1988. The $10 commemorative note issued to mark the bicentenary of European settlement in Australia was the first official circulating banknote made of polymer.
The are printed on standard cotton paper (rag paper). Bolivia have never issued any polymer notes.
All of New Zealands circulating banknotes are made from a polymer compound. The Five, Ten, Twenty and One Hundred Dollar polymer notes were first issued in 1999. The Fifty Dollar polymer notes were first issued in 2000.
The Reserve Bank of Australia does not give out that sort of information as a safe guard against potential counterfeiting. They only go so far as to describe it as a "polymer (plastic) substrate".
Prior to the introduction of polymer note technology, Australian banknotes were made from a specially prepared and manufactured paper. Most organisations with the responsibility of manufacturing the nation's currency are reluctant to give any specific details.