Canada to stop making paper money

[Numo]

But they are replacing it with plastic bills that are guaranteed not to stick to your tongue in sub-zero weather.

The Bank of Canada will start issuing high-tech currency made of polymers instead of the traditional cotton paper and featuring transparent windows (one shaped like a maple leaf) to frustrate counterfeiters.

Full story here:

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/21/can...?hpt=hp_c2

[NewtonMP2100]

.....so when it comes to PAPER or plastic......???

[space-time]

we hadsomething similar for about a decade in Romania. They looked strange at first, but we got used to them very quickly.

[cbelt3]

So what will they call the bills ?

Loonie, Toonie, and the "eh ? "

[M A V I C]

Strange article title. They're just doing away with cotton. Paper can be made of polymers. It can even be made of rock. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/con...838134.htm

[GeneL]

…but can you use it as TP in a pinch?

Maybe it will be perforated so you can tear off a piece to make change. Then they can stop using coins, as well. :wiggle:

[N-OS X-tasy!]

M A V I C wrote:
Paper can be made of polymers. It can even be made of rock. http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/con...838134.htm

That really turns the whole "paper, rock, scissors" thing on its ear, doesn't it?

[GeneL]

That's a good one, Dan.

[Zoidberg]

NewtonMP2100 wrote:
.....so when it comes to PAPER or plastic......???

Newton, I really think you need to seek professional help for this pun thing.

[Black]

space-time wrote:
we hadsomething similar for about a decade in Romania. They looked strange at first, but we got used to them very quickly.

So what happened to it at the end of that decade?