£5 notes

[granma2aj]

Heard on the news a couple of weeks ago that we were getting a new £5 note but nothing since well dd said yesterday that the new note starts comes into circulation on the 13th of September

[ZIZI]

I think I saw on BBC news that they are going to be made of some sort of plastic so they last longer. Didn't realise they were going to be introduced so soon though. Thought it was a plan for far into he future.

[granma2aj]

I thourght that as well but checked on the net last night & Halifax web site the old ones end may 2017

[Nanto2girls]

I knew they were going into circulation this month. For a few weeks now neither hubby or me have had many £5 notes.

[Glammanana]

I have been noticing that I get quite a few £5.00 notes when using the cash machines,I got 4 yesterday in a total of £100.00 withdrawal and the rest all 10s,I don't mind them at all and I would certainly be grateful if someone gave me a bag full of dirty ones free of charge

[Plantaholic]

I don't get many £5 notes, wonder what the new one will be like

[Gemini]

I didn't know about this!

[Daisy]

Gem - they should have asked you first!

I hope the new ones will stay cleaner - I think they are supposed to last longer being made of polymer. I suppose all notes will become the same eventually. I wonder if we'll be able to wash them if you get dirty ones!

[Gemini]

LOL Daisy

I did make it sound as though I shoukd have been consulted, didn't I? Laughing here, all alone in my hotel room

[granma2aj]

The Halifax web site has information on the £5s hope you're not thinking of money laundering lol

[ZIZI]

On BBC news this morning they are saying that the new notes will be issued from tomorrow and yes you can launder them ahem, wash them.......

[Daisy]

The Halifax web site has information on the £5s hope you're not thinking of money laundering lol

Granma2aj - LOL, I never thought of that! Perhaps there will have to be a change in the law to allow for 'clean' notes!

At least if they get left in pockets and go through the washing machine you won't find yourself trying to piece them together and take them to the bank, red-faced! I wonder if they will survive being chewed by a puppy!

Don't tell Oma you can wash them, though - she might want to iron them as well. (Sorry, Oma, couldn't resist!)

[Plantaholic]

Very funny, I am still giggling Daisy

[ZIZI]

They were just being shown on BBC News and they look quite tough. They have a transparent bit which apparently will make them more difficult to forge. Cash machines will have to be adapted to take them so I doubt they will be available through machines for a while.

[Nanto2girls]

They stick together

They can – meaning shoppers could possibly hand over two at once. In its official Q&A on the notes, the Bank admits that “brand new polymer notes can sometimes stick together, but this effect is short-lived once in use”. Oddly, the notes are not just sticky, but also slippery compared with existing notes, which are made of cotton-based paper. The Bank says they “can feel slippery when new, although this tends to decline over time once the notes are in circulation”. It adds that polymer notes (it prefers not to use the word “plastic”) will have areas of raised print that will give them a “tactile quality”.